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BY" RASKIN & LEVIS.
Pkidat, May -
Miiijjjxuiwi-JUg'
31, 1S7S.
- Sam Y. Smith, of Huntsville,
.announces himself as a candi
date for State treasurer.
J A horse thief
hanged in
. Kansas was thus labeled;
This
" man was notthc,. noblest work
M
,! J.IIL, JJAiiK. " inuiuvj-
-" Senator, Coke and Congress
man Giddlngs" for Congressional
't" ....-.: nohtoH tn
.favors.
a
1 Tun national Greenback La-
"tborart' held a convention at
pndianapolis and nominated a
Yull State ticket. $
Jx"tiie House the amendment
' .niak"uig the strength ofarmy
""25,000 was carried by a ma
.Jority often.
- . - -
f S. gigantic 'whiskey swindle
lias been, discovered at Cincin
Ifnati.; Tlie crooked was "being
manufactured by wholesale
I A PLEASURE
steamer .with
.eighteen persons aboard went.
aboard
tv. over a dam oa Grand jiver at
Gait, Ontario. All were -lost
Jii&Austin reporter for the.
Galveston Afcjttf says: "The
. opinion,here is that Jones and
. Lang will get a large- Granger,
r Greenback and Republican
jl votet '
"C-The bill tc-supersede newTs-
ur
papej acverusmg pasauu un.
House by 109 to jj Jhe gov
ernment is to publish a paper
w eekly and distribute it gener
ally. .iTuc corjner's jury in the
mill disaster at Minneapolis, re-
3s
turns a verdict that the explos
ion was caused by a spark from
the mill stones igniting the.mill
dust.
TiiESenate.refused either to
increase GenL Shields' pension
....or toauthorize the president to
7 place his name upon tlie retired
L"st3fthe'"armv The reason
was purely political.
The encampment at Houston
uillibe a strictly military affair, -j
Regular rations will be issued
for each man,the same fare as,
allowed enlisted men in the
United States army.
Senator Coke made an ex-
s "haustive speech against the re-
'V" peal .of the Resumption act.
From his standpoint, it wilL be
-impoJsible.to maintaine specie
' payment under tlie existing re-
.sumptionJaw. ,,
f- The Waco Telephone of the
. 23d inst. hoists tlie name of "J.
""fW. Throckmorton for governor?
subject to the nomination of the
Democratic State convention.
-Itproposes to fight it out on
this line till July 17.
""SoiTTias been Instituted in
flic districTcourt at San Fran-,,,
cisco in which a number of,genr
tlemcn arc plaintiffs on behalf
of the stockholders of the Vir
ginia Mining company to re-cover;
3S.634,53S, w rongfully
'" acquired in the management of
. the Consolidated Virginia.
v
--
- &
t-uov. jji-'QUITT, 01 ueorgiaf
has commuted the. death 'scn-
&s r r-t r r :-
Kiencc, orsairs. xs-aieoouui-
e ,t tr t- 1
crn to Imprisonment in the-
penitentiary for ten years.
Mrs. Southern killed Nafclssa
' Cowart, her rival at a danceln
, CPickens cojity, about a year
'.iifeand a haJfT aga The decision
,M bfthcrgovcrnor gives tlie lie-
i ''liesMsatisfaction.,
The news from Europe still
continues to be very much mix
ed. Negotiations arc still pend
ingbctn een England and Russia.
-Count Schouvaloff isin Eng
land ina diplomatic capacity.
The x Russians, have advanced
jl their entire line& slightly at
Constantinople without, how-.
ever, ,io!atmg the neutral,
zones. Immense quantities of
waritutcrhl continnc o reach
til Russian camp. . t.
i.jg;
COUNTXCONVENTION-
We cannot too strongly
urge upon the Democracy of
Washington countv the utmost
importance of a speedy and
thorough party organization.
Since the last election the par
ty has been without any organ
ization or work. A call has
been issued for a county con
vention to meet in Brenham on
thei5th jof June, now hardly
three weeks off. As will be
seebj the call, delegates are,
to be fleeted to the State C05-
vention, to the1 Congressional
Convention and" also ,to the
Senatorial District 'Convention
for the 20th Senatorial District.
tisjdesireditliafthe sentiment J
01 meruemocracy 01 uic cuun-
rty be fully expressed at the
coming conj-enfion; and in or
der that it be done, it is neces
sary tlfat precinct meetings, be
held in every voting .precinct iif
the countj-- t is the duty .of
everytDemocrat'jto attend hFs'
precinct meeting and see that a
delegate be elected whoMrcll ful
lyteflectthe sentiments of the-
peQplef Cetrioman who"has
"at heart tlie interest of the cun-tj-
neglect this all-important
duty. The nvhole course of the
canvass depends upon the ac
tions of tlie primary meetings.
Let it? notbe said after the
-county' convention meets that
it was-a packetl conventions
TKe'time to prevent a packed
convention atia-'!cut andfdnea
.resolutions is at1 the primary
meetings, T"he;primary meet
ingsnust be attended by every
'man who W ouldo his"duty.
" In addition ,3b tlie appoint
ment ot,the variousdelegates
mentioned aboye it will devolve
upon tlie county-Tonventidn' to
'determine, whether or not nom;
inations.sliall be'made for coun
ry officers'and if niade, tlie
time of making, them. m From
our standpoint Ciiettliink it a
mdtter pf absolute necessity
that tlie Democracy, of the
county put'a full ticket in the
field.. Thc.RepubJican, wire
workers have been, very busily
engage3 for the last" two months,
in manioulafinpr tlie- rank and
file of thei? party andendeavor-
infr to invent some meansof1
bringing out amongreltfcket
If fliey can succedin inducing
a number oCindebendent candi
dates to runtiiey vill have an
easy victoryby consolidating
.on their men. If tlie Democra
cy place in nomination a ticket
composed oj ell known, honest
andxapable meri? and there isT
plenty c$ tlieni,- there Is no'
doubt b"ut that "fiieyxan. bc tri-
umphantly elected. ,, . '
The Republicans .arecssen
tially a dark lantern party j they
lipid' secret nlfcetings and, cau
cuses jin Saylight to which none
but 'tile ft-ithfal ,are admitted
they there lay out the bourse of
work and aftenvardsholdniid-'
night meetings .inVhoTlow logs
and dark gullies being appa
rently ashamed to appear in
open daylight TheDemo
crats - httve no-r secrets, tlieir
meetings are held with -open
doors in broad daylight and
every one is athbcrtylo attend
and hear and see what is done.
The action of the Republicans
'makes them a covert enemy,
and the conscquenieis, they
must be very closely watched.
Such being-tlic case, it becomes
the imperative duty of the De
mocracy to go earnestly to
work and make a perfects and
harmonious organizationThere
Is much dissatisfaction in the
ranks of the Republicans and
many can bcw on 'over to the
side of the Democracy. 4
Tin: excursion season seems
now to be fully inaugurated. A,
party of thirty . excursionists
from Kansas arrived in Hous
ton on Thursday. . The party
is composed of the governor of
Kansas, and a numUer of other
State officuIsltogethcrj with a
number qf citizens of Kansas
and Missouri. They were
jihown around Houston and ex
pressed, themselves delighted
with what they had seen.
BBENTIAM, TEXAS,
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION-
Judge Hancock, in his lecture
at Galveston, among other
things, 'said corn in his section
of the country (Travis county)
could bcbought by the million
bushels at twenty cents per
bushel, because no market is
within reach.
Cheap transportation is the
one thing wanted. Railroad
freights are too-high in Texas.
Corn is transported by rail from
the interior of Kansas, Nebras
ka and. Iowa, to the Atlantic
seaboard at-a profit bqth to the
producer and thesshipper, while
in centralfa'nd southern .Texas,
distant worn uaiveston irom
one hundred and fifty "to three
hundredmiles, the railroad tar
iff on corn is more than the corn
is worth at tlie place of produc
tion. Herc-at Brenham several
attempts have -been 'made to
.ship 26rn as a business'b'uYhad
Uto.be abandoned because, of
the excessive freight , ,
' Farmers in Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska Taise corn
as a crop in'very large quanti
ties. Much of it is transported
long distances bv rail to St.
Louis, where it is re-handled
ana snipped Dy river io, iew
Orleans for export. Tlierej.is
no apparentrcasonjWhy Galves
ton should not become tlie place
of export forthe .surplus corn
crop, of central and southern
Texas. If j-ailroadrelghts were
reduced to areasdhaDle figure
thercis Scarcely a limit to the
number of bushels of com that
could bejexportejl. The making
of a5market for surplus corn
along tlie p'ropos'ed route of tlie
Gr, C. and "S.'F. railroad should
,cerfainly' prove an incentive- to"
Jijrmers, to cVntribu'te liberally
towards,its construction., ., -
. - For tho Leglslaturo-
-
Weleanr.ttlwt Capt J. M.
Williams, of Independence, is
beingmuch talked, of In.va-
rious-portionsof Jthe county" as'
aprdper, nian to represenf
Washington cbuntyjn the lower
Houscof tlie next Legislature.'
The:captain lias beenta resident
of this county for a,good many
yean&artd,-. owning -n large'
amount1' of property here is
thoroughly identified with the in
terests of the county he' is also
a larce and A successful farmer,
and, in addition to tliatriis a4
.sound .Democrat. The captain
is a (representative tinanoi njc
county; one w ho entertains liber
alviews jand wbbldj we have
no-doubt, thoroughly protect
thS interests of his constituents.
The countyHs almost exclusivc-
i -!. rt;j.:.i u u
iy agricunurai.aiiu-jL'TOuuiu uw
notliingihore-than just'to the
Jarminginterests thatthey'haye
a,.' reprcsenianve. .niuiougir
jQipt Williams is aGranger,
ihe authprizcslus to state that he"
will, ''upder no ,circumstances,
consenbto be a candidate unless
nominated bythe Democratic
county convention .and will
abide'byitsnomination sllQuld.
one be made. .
' ' '-
- T4ie' Statesman gives tlie fol
lowing figures t&s tlie cost of
'convicting a Ihief-for felony;
The Shenff who makes the,ar
rest gets about, ip; county'at
torney, $30 district clerk,-SiO ;
average'number of days in jail,"
ninety, at forty ceits a day, $56)
jury fees one day24 district
judge one day, $?; transporta
tion of prisoner to Huntsvillc
and return of,ofnccr $$0; total,
$167. This is the minimum
cost of a conviction. The ma
jority of convictions-cost much
more. The criminal code is in
need of amendment. Petty
-theft cases should be disposed
of in a summary manner. It is
suggested by 'tlie Statesman
that each county should have
the privilege of working its own
convicts. ,
f" : "S"' -,
Ir is said by one who knows
that, Wash Jones is the Re
publican candidate for Congress
and that he -has. tncked the
Greenback attachment on to the
tail of his hobby-horse in order
to dupe a'few sore-headed Dcm-
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The political cauld?bn
throughout the State seems to
be simmering at a lively rate
and will soon be ina full boil.
Mr. H.'W.. Adbott, of De
Soto parish, Li., has invented
a cotton chopper that promises
to revoluionize the mode of
cultivating that staple. J
The House has passed a bill
making small silver, coins a legal
tender for sums of $20, and
compelling the Treasury De
partment to redeem it when pre
sented in sums of S20 and over,
in legal tender notes. '-
Tilt Tacbri7ee7ioie is grati
fied to note the patriotic, con
servative course of Senators
Coke and Maxey as well as
Representative Mills on theibol
ish, inpracticable and ill-timed
Eotterresolutions.
- n. MiiiiitK 01 uiexican stran
gers took refuge in Rio Grande
City. 'TheyJ disappeared on
Tuesday and the Mexican town
ofReynosa, below here was"
taken possession of by revolu
tionists A prestimo of 58000
was levied. . v "
" The Tyler Democrat says the
council for the train robbers
moved to quashtlie indictment
by reason of two of the grand
jurors having engaged'in an In
surrection jagainst the 'United
btates. After a lengthy argu;
iiiciiL uiciiiuiiuu was UVCI-IUICU.
The Houston Telegram says
a new daily paper,' to be called
i.t !-'. . 1 .j-
the "Neics" " is soonto be is-)
sued in Houston It says the
'prospectus is very promising.
The paper will bea greenback
organ under the'nianagementof
Col. Tracy and Judge Fried-4
Jieim.
1 ..
The' Washington Star says
"The advice front" the conserva
tive and independent pressland
pretty mucn the entire Demo
cratic press,"to-theyDcniocratic
House in regard to any attempt
to upset the Presidential settle
ment may be summed up in the
word, "Don't."
H
Mrs. ,Lydia She.rmx, tlie
IwUcretia Borgia tQ modern
Umesdied in the Cbnnecticut
Sfate prison? where'she was
. .. . i-f-
serving out a mev sentence ior
themurdei of he,r third husband,
Horatio" 1S- Sherman.-, She'was,
54 years of age and' confessed
to poisoning two husbands and
sixchildren.
. The- libel suij. in which one
Lacy was plaintiff and Jhe Wa
co rrt;wr deientlant, was de
effled in the district court of
McLennan county in favor of.
the defendant? -The liberty of
thepress is fully maintained.
We coninatulate the Examiner
onithe successful termination of
this annoying suit.
!. , ,'
JohjJjSiiermas. has written a
letter to- Mr. Pottcr.tfchairman
'ofthc committee appoIntedl to
investigate tlie , presidential
frauds. Mr. Sherman asks the
privilege of being represented af
'the sittings of the committee, in
order that the charges made
against: him personally, may be
proved false.
Gov. Hubbard , has" given a
careful consideration to the pe
tition signed by apout 400 citi-
" zens asking a commutation of
the sentence ofEmile Houdlion,
-anil a protest against a commu-.
ta'tion signed by about 300 He
found no evidence to authorize
executive clemency, Houillion
w ill be hanged'at Columbus, to
day, Friday.
. .
Tun Waco Telephone speak
ing of the Examiner's a'nnounc
mentof Lang for governor, says
that out of tw cntv lesser an;
nounccmc.nts appearing in its
columns all are made subject to
the action of the Democratic
county convention. Mr. Lang
is announced w lthoutany condi
tions. It says : " We desire to
bc'strictly just to Col. Ling,
but leave it to the Democracy
to decide w hcthcr Lang should
be ashamed to aspire to office
as a Democrat,' or the Erami-
tfcrnfraid to support huu us
support
uch."
FKIDAY, MAYV,31, JLS78
Gen Grant writes a p
letter from Paris in hl
Nsays that he "seeks no
sponsibilities of public
and will decline them pers
ly, but. .w illJbe
as a private citizen to
duty to the exf
and opportunities.
which being libcndiy translated
means that "Barkus is willin" to
again take the reins of govern
ment if offered.
The Washington Stai a well
informed paper says the Con
gressmen who voted for the
Potter resolution arc beginning
to hear from tlieir business con
stituents. The latter probably
care. very little what becomes
of Hayes, but they do care a
good deal about haying the
business fnterests'df the country
upset by a movement they be
lieve designed to overthrow the
Presidential settlement.
Wash Jones spoke his piece
at LaGrange. The Record
gives a summary ofjiis remarks
and saysj., ,
" Mr. Jones showed a great.
deal of shrcvdness,and. also
that he vvas a consumate dema
gogue. His whole argument
troni first to last was tlie very
quintessence of foolishness, and
to all intelligent 'thinking per
sons he was desigusting. He
claims to be a Dtniocrat and
denounces the Democratic gar
ty. Hcdauds the administra-1
tion of. Hayes. He hop'es to
ally hinjself vith the sore-head?
ed and" disaffected portion of
the Democratic party.
.Waltzing Girls "of Jfovada-
"ft.
While persuing little.volume
,of waltzing,-lately jpublishedin
San Francisco,- the different
styles of waltzing indulged in by
our Western girls were vividly
called' to mind- There "are
waltzers and waltzers. With
rsomeit is aboutas. awkward ."a
performance as can well benm-"
agined ; with others it is a natU--
ral and'gracefuL movenlent-rin.
4- 4-1 b IrnMttnnvi fr fVIAflAH
A.n Austin girl's waltzing is,
easy; and graceful and ''melo
dious." If she is' from Carlin
she throws her hair back, jumps
up and cracks her heels togeth
er, carries ; off her astonished
partner .as though a Washo
zephyr had struck -him and
L knocks over all obstacles in her
mad .career. A Tuscarora girl
crooks her body in the. middle
like a do"orhinge,,takes Jier
pard by the shoulder and makes
him miserable in trying to hop I
aroana ner witnout ttreaaing on
lherNc-9 shoes. A Carson girl
will "how and then work in -a
: touch of the doublc-sliuffle, or a
bit ohpigeon-wmg. A Wine
mucca girl, yfrm.yum! creeps
closely and timidly ups to her
partner, as if she iwoiild like to
get into 'his', vest-pocket and
melts away with Testacy as tlie
strains of the "Blue-Daunbe"
I sweep through the hall An
"Elko girl is a natural valtzer and
does it with an aiaiidon. that is
charming. A' Virginia" Cfty girl
tlirows her arms around his
neckT rolls upth'epeyesf and' as
she -floats awayshe isheard to
mumier, .' Oh, hug, me",John ! "
Elio'Neivs Pxost.
On last Friday, night the
postofficc at Marshall was again
robbed of $1 1 00 TheT clerk's
clothes were ""stolen from ' his
sleepipg- room, one block from
the office, carried out and tlie
keys to the postoffice safe, draw
ers and boxes'w ere taken. The
ofncejw as thoroughly ransacked,
Judge Mc Adoo.the postmaster,
was here in Brenham on Satur
day last. He informed a B vn
xer reporter that nothing defi
nite'ha'd been learned in regard
to the parties who robbeb the
office when he was in charge a
few weeks since.
Hempstead Messenger:
The prisoners confined in jail
made an attempt to escape on
Tuesday last. They had by
some means got possession of
saws, but were discovered by
tlie jailer A meeting.w ill 'be
held afField's store in the in
terest of the Hempstead and
Montgomery railroad. It is
thought the remainder of the
S20.000 bonus can be obtained
' there .... Crops arc v cry prom
ising Tlie mini spans for the
Brazos bridge have arrived, and
"are being transported to the
river.... We have been shown
a chicken with four legs, other
wise the bird is perfect.
Gi nts' shirts, drawers, co'
lars, ties, hats, wrappers, and
latest novelties at D. W.'Bloom-
b-""Kh's- ;
SyuvKi meals for 25 cents at
die UuuMi Kjuj1AUk.u.t7
jjof are -JHHtcr
iHiHRn 1 ncre arc Rl'
iBV. C I - III
&uK NEWS.
as lar
reported
nsoh-
coun.naii at jjiar-
sbah
" Abe Rothschild has been
rcmoVe(ifrom Jefferson to the
Marshall jail.
The three murderers, whose
sentences the court of Appeal
affirmed, are negroes.
The Victoria Advocate has
been complimented w ith a fine
lot of roasting-ears.
Tlie Trpnmnt -.TTofel .it
Galveston will be offered at
trustees sale to-day, Tuesday.
Bill Taylor tried at Xexana
for being accessory In the mur
der of Sutton, was acquitted.'
In 1850 the population of
Galveston was 4176; ;n i860 it
twas 7207;. in 1S70 13,218 and ft
is now 35,000. J .
Hatch, another of the
land forgers, has been senten
ced at Austin to five years In
thp npnifnnfirr- - V
The Caldwell Eagle ,vanid'
knou&when souieof Washjones'
jicunuai-KS win uc circuiuicu in
Burleson county. T "
-Three or four w ood .'chop
pers in the .vicinity of Giddings,
have been arrested on a charge
01 gamblin
in camps.
.
Two-thirds of the business
houses of CIarksville.-RedRiver
"c5unty, were burned.oh thc22d
inst. Loss estimated at Si S.v
000. 1 . -S 4
rTiie MarshalLfrt says
Rothschild's caseKhas been
-docketed for the .17th of June
and a special -venire of sixty
jurors ordered."-' ;
me stocK- iair at Ja
Grange orfMonday lastwas not'
as complete as 'could have been
I desired,, tliough a.'fair display
was maae. -
"" .
Alex Thonipson and Dick
Sanders tried at- LaGrange, for
mguwiiy roDDery,pieaa guuty
and were sentenced to five years.
"each in the penitentiary
A 640-acrc trackwoP land
in San Saba couhty was sold at
sheriff's sale for-sjSiio.. Tlie
purchaser, a few " days after
wards, sold it for 52400.
The 'residence of John
Woods, in Victoria county, was
struck by litjhtning. The ef
fects were visable Jn several
rooms. No one"washuVt.
j (The Galveston,y77rt oj
Commerce says evidence of
prosperity may bescen on every
hand in 'tlie shape of biildtng
new and substantial brick blocks
. The case of Taylor, indlctejd
forjhe killfng-'of Sutton, at Jn
dianola several "years- ago, will
probably be "tried "in Jackson.
county at the present term of
tlie district court..
s .-
A colored man applied to
the- district ourt' of Grimes
county for license to practice
law An examining committee
was appointed 'and reported, ad-"
vcrsely to tlie applicant.
--"The Galveston Civilian
thinks if a new jail be built in
Galveston this season it will be
of great'help tamany home me
chanics and: laborers w ho will
-otherwise, be without work. j
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Nick. Sansbury, en his
third trial -Kvvas convicted at
Austin of Ji'prse stealing and
sent up for five years; H,e has.
cost'the county.and Stateabout
a thousand dollars.
-j- A ncwstcamfiouringmiU
with all modern- improvements
has been erected in Sait Antonio
It is now in running order and
is now turning out an article of
flour.equal to the best in use.-
The Navasota Tablet comes
out fair and square on the color
line. It-says ther negroes have
made the issue and must abide
the consequences. The coming
county election is solely a ques
tion of race supremacy.
Dr. Doak Informs the Gid
dings Lone Star that the land
he devotes to small igraii", nets
hiina profit of $io per acre be
sides furnishing pasturage nine
months out of the twelve lor his
stock. t
The San Antonio Ezptcss
describes a' calf with two head.,
tw o mouthsjjfour eyes, tw o cars
and a perfect body. The calf
was found near Gon7aIes; its
mother w as a w ild Texas cow ;
it is now twenty days old.
Andreas Porter, senten
ced to the penitentiary for fi e
years, committed suicide at
111 the jail at Eagle Pass by
by taking ktrychnine. Porter
poisqned a birrel of water from
which wntetifor the court was
taken. ' Judgc Pa-chal came
very rear getting aposj- 01 it.
Hias.
ncvk
r c-B
lo HIHIHL.
yor.
A negro named Peter
Mickel committed a rape o'n a
nine-year old negro girl at
Whiteoak bayou, he then stole
a horse and rode off. He was
pursued and captured, but had
disposed of the horse.
Wm. Springer, who lived
w-ith hiVfatherfive miles west of
McDade, killed his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and 'Mrs.
Stabe, on Wednesday afternoon
while tlicy,w ere at work in the
field. He afterwards killed him
self.
A starc "driver mdunted his
stage at San Antonio drunk,
and before he had driven two
squares upset it "and injured a
passenger so badly UiatJfciwTlL"
.b'Haid'up" for months.. Drunk
en stage drivers arc not ' relia
ble. t .
The San Saba A"i.fsays har
vesting has fully commenced.
The wheat crop will beJarge,
but with the imperfect way of,
Handling it much will be wasted.
They havereapers andthresh
ers,butneither rakes or gitch
forks. . , -
: - -!rhe case of the State vs
A. M. Hobby, indicted for forg
ing anduttenng railroad "stock,
altera three day's trial at" Gal
veston resulted in the acquittar
of the defendant. AboutadOz-J
en lnaictments are pencuncr
agarhstihim.v-
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' Thecitizcnsof 'Marshall
are exorcised over a red-headed,
red-complexioncd .tramp
vvlio, is' shoeless apdV coatless,
and who" inhabits treesof a
night. JHe saysjiels, from tlie
Cherokee country and is con
sidered crazy fJutit is a lie;
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' The train robbery cases
"are up before the United States
courtat tyler.-, 1 lie defendants
haveimade a motion for a contin-
uance. Ifontinued tlie cases
will tfe transferred to Austin
termJune'-ilth" ' Collins' bond
ihasbeeh fixed at S 15,000- Pipes
-andt Herndon at 12,000 each.
"The Victoria Advocate reports
heavy rains yn that section-of
country, loe excessive rains
tpf the.past few weeks seems to
ave operated to retard tlie
(rrowtlfof cotton. As a trenera!
thing, "t'is"thrifty"and vigorous?
but notso faradvanced as usual
at this season-of the year. -The
crop.prospectsol south-western
Texas-are unusually favorable.
TlieAustin Statesman re
lates thafabout 40 negroes met
on the street the other day
around. aacoiored brotherwhoj
had "just" graduated after-.five
years in the State's Industrial.
Institute atHuntsville." The ex-
convict was jiero of tlie hour:
'This confirms tile .statement
made'by'tlie Banner that many
negrcies regard it as a distinc
tion 'to have served a'term in
the .penitentiary, "" 1
Gonzales isva lqca&,option
town. 'A correspondent of the
Galveston News vvlic-ivas there
during the execution of Brown
;Bcrvven"7"'says lie never in the
wholexourse qf his" Jife had as
many?invifationSjto "smiTe"
Everybody had local" option
Land plenty of 1t. The. stbres
kepp it in 'dcmijdhns'and barrels:
,whileat other placbs it could
be procured in bottles.
f' The Austin Statesman
learns that a cowardly murder
.was pommitted at Black Jack
L Grove, - Fayette count'- A
young man about ib-years 01
age haci roped a yearling, when
anolderman vent upand abus
ed him. The young man repli
ed tfiat hemight have used gen-"
tleranguage, w hereuppn thesec
ond party said he "bad -been
owing iiinia killing anyhow,
and forthwith killed him bystal?
bing.. The" -murderer fled.
Caldwell, Eagle. About
four hundred" persons attended
the railrdad.barbacue at Scott's
springs on the nth inst A
number oft ladies wcre-present.
The. Caldwell brass band made
the music and Col. Cannon and
W. K. Homa'n made the speech
es. A number of persons pres
est subscribed in aid of the G.,
C. aVi,d S. F. , railway. The
amount subscribed so far is not
more than one-third of what it
was hoped the county would
give. Col. Cannon thinks of
returning soon and canvassing
the county more fully. '
Emiix Houilliov, who was
to have been hanged at Colum
bus on Friday, succeeded in
cheating justice ,by taking" a
dose of strychnine at abont 1
o'clock in the morning. He
died from the effects of it at 4
o'clock in the morning. He
left a note to the sheriff stating
that he had had the poison in
his possession along time. He
claims to have killed Malsch in
self defence. A large crowd
had assembled to witness the
execution and left very iiiuch
disappointed.
xnx-.-wor"
Expense til Farm Teams-
In no part of-the-country is
the expense of .keeping ani
mals to doiarm "Work so great
as in the west. This is largely
owing to the fact that, western
farmers have continued in one
way and another, to make ani- -mals
do the w ork that men. per
form elsewhere. .Grass' is cut,
hay is spread, raked ani pitch
ed -by horse-power. Grain is"
sowed, harvested" and threshed
by thesamc means- Corn Is ,
planted cultivated and-ari sbnje
iiistancescut up" 'husked and
shelled by machines"' operated
by horsd-power. .Evetipotatoes
are now cut, dropped,, covered,
Ccultted'ian'dharv'ested by
horse-power." Of late, western
farmers havj; .stopped raising '
most of -the-cipps that "require
hand cultivation. The '--chief
objection to raisiiig ilaxbroom
com, tobacco and. castor-beans,
is, that hey require too much
nfanual labor. "
The sccond,reason? why it
costs more to keep avfarm team
here than.In most parts prthe'
country ithat!lfarmfcrs keep"
more expensivejhininTals, An
expensive-team almays calls ior
buildings for slielicr.sjsln " the
east'oxenjire ch'efly 'used , for
fgmiwbiikv Therequu-elo be
shoe but' onceaycar. AAVOod-
en yoke, whicfivuT lat a ccntu
ryand jjrilj." costs a dollar qr
two, takes' tii? place- qf'an cx?.
pensivehdrness. Tliefoddcfthc
Dxen is grass in sflmmer, and
hay .and stravv jnl,w'inter.TiAt
the end of-a--dozen"'yearsv they
are converted intct Beef. They ,
are never oCmuch"" eiqjense to t
the owner. In- the .south the ''
lTiule,is used 6n the farm almosb
exclusively,.- The mule is more
handy than tlie horse can, be L
kept for about halfjis much; -
will "work for a'greater number''
of years, and will getalongV.ith
pqprquartersand a very simple
harness. " 2" - -
"Mostweslern farmers wilTtol-
erate neither oxen or murcsBn &
uicjr places. jlucv. uiu)v,ldvCb-
norses: generally uieytmsisc on
havingfine horses that wilLtakej
them to tow, in good time and a
ma.kc-al5ne appearance, on the
road. HorseTofthis'sort'fnttst'
be fed grain the -entire year. -u
They must receive ektra-care --f
anil attention, gad have good
sfables and harness: ?jl jshkay3" "
thtit will beJqng before e "
Tashjon of keepuig'Jidrs'esrto do
the farm work changes irfitfie
vest, though iwlthdut d6u"rS"
'more oxen and inults-could be'"sV
used to adrantage. -Mdstsou'th- 4
'efn- farmers- wouldjusay at onefc-t
that they could make nothing fc;?,
fr5m,-their estates If they jvere
.obliged to work them, wjtli &.
liorses, requiring as theT do the
best of hay As' well'asi-a gpl- ,
allowance of toats andfeptheV
grain. The same,opinions would
be expressed by the farmers in
the New-Ensdand States', wiio
ruse oxen for Jield'wtprk. -Chi
cago Twics. 4,v .
Povfq? Grange. -A'District
Popiona-,'Grangfe lias been or
ganized jn Brenhani; consisting;'
ofmemb"eis from, the different
"Granges in tlie county and ad
joining counties, his' organi
zation will nieqtjin Brenham at
10 o'clock 1p,M,Jonwthc first &
Saturdavfin -jvetymipnth.
O. H. P- G-vrrett, Sect'y.
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ProttyandYonnta
In ei. er) feature but the hair which natT
grtrtn 'white from fcer. This. lajj-rat 35
writes s: "I hae usei Parkers Hjir
Balsani six months 'ancf art -more tharf.
pleased with it. Ifchas restored the natu
ral brown color to my halt and given it a
irky softness, nicer-than ever; 3n!fore.
There"! is nc-Jandrua,ri5 falUn-. hjiraml
it lea. es. the scalp 50 deanand nicesfld cool
th-if I am eer-"J much pleased, and I,
feel and loo, like myself again." "Drsir
iectaat propemes thienter chemically into
this prernrationrendentheahn-ji cfcansirg
and,liealthf il, nndjthe bca-ihfjjl, fresh and
jigorous hair it produces"" together with its
property of restoring the hair to its natural
vo.thfuL cplor, leaving the, head entirely
fret i from dandruff, dean and healthy,
surprise, no les thin 11- pleases. Buy-a.
bottle from "jour druggist, K. E. Lfu,
and test its merits.
JuatVhat Is Needed. 1-
To bui'd op and sustain th6 sTength cl
the Aged, the feeble- and Conalescent is
l"arkers finger Tonic, This matchless
-itaImngigencj and correcue, by estat-lUhii"-
a regular harmonious action of the--jrgansof
digestion and assimulat-on, in
sures comp'ete nutnlion- of the enfeebled
sj.tan, which it buiI.U up and fortifies
agairtt disease, and greatly increases the,
ponervof ernlurance.. When you are dis
tressed with Dyspepsia. Headache, Wakt
fiilricsf. lWrntaUon of the Heart, Arid
Stomach, Heartburn, Bid laste in the
mouth. ljer dtsonlers and Costiieness 1
i a pleasant experience to obtain the com
forting nJicf afforded by thts reir-ed), ami
to realne that it'chcers the depressed spir
its, sooothes tlie nerrcs, diffuses xyarmth
and energy throaglioilt the body. Buy
from our druggist, K K. ' Luhn, a $ I co
bottle or a sample battle at 15 cti. and. lest
itj lnc
Luxcn ! Luvcn 1 ! S. H.
Kirch & Co., have added to
their saloon and sample room
a lunch counter where can at
all times be had. cheese, saus
age, sardines, sardells-j-etc. etc.
Remember the place. . undoc
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