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BRENHAM, TEXAS, RIDAY, JUNE 4:, 18,78.
VOL. XIII---isrQ. 24;
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BAXKEf & LHIf, rioprlctors.
lutes or SulwcrlpUom
Pallr, oucop)ronycnr. P"
Weily, ohecupj-uuejeir, . .zoo
lliloi or AUiertlIcs
Trvulent anl Lesal ilvertJ-nenM lnert-
rl v$l Bniwrequnro fr np.t Insertion, &ml
TjceuUiwr&iUAni furcicUsul:eiuentiii-ei
JUrrilsn nil Obluiarr notice?, exceeding
eihlllm, li-tflrico LUllorial notiivsof n
lmrrlv IriisiuuaS clianicler, 10 rejit a line tacit
insertion
Antioutioemcui will be !n.-rtdl atllie fjl-
lowins: rale. fci-ue .ml uitlrict nio-i sio,
Omnly, 87. W; rrecilict, Vt -The iume lo
accompany tiro announcement, in cvy in
tl&uce. .
The "Michigan Greenbackers
Iiave nominated a full state
ticket. '
THEBurnettr2ris, soon
to beWcvivcd by Jnmes"Kib
bec & Co.
jf
Bergh has succeeded in get
ting up a new excitcmentby the
arrest ofa trainer who docked
the tail ofa polo pony.
A CORRESPONDENT of tllC Gal-
veston- Inezes propounds some
very knotty question coccrning
tlie two robberies at the Marsh
all postdflicc.
TnV Austin
Statesman says
Ex-Governor Davis
is being
groomed and is now in training
for the congressional race.
Davis will get the solid uiegro
vote. '-.,
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Tun, true character Hinkle
. Twinkle and his little Star has
been discovered by a number of
West Texas papers,and they arc
now going for Twinklcwithout
gloves.
His star has set.
Gov. Henddicks is opposed
to any attempt to disturb Mr.4
vu. Hayes in hisposition, but tliinks
the perpetrators of the fraud
should be punished and repcti-
, tion of thereof be prevented.
1
The House adopted Tuckcrjjs
amendment'' reducing the tax
on" all kinds of manufactured
tobaco and to sixteen'vecnts a
pounds This will bcia good
Aliin'for the slavesfthe weed.
A St.Petersburg dispatch
says; "In consequence of the
Turks endeavoring to "provoke
hostilities, Russia and England
have agreed to withdraw their
forces until the end of tlie con
gress." - . a .
Already is the wily editor
or the county newspaper. trying
to bulldoze tlie holiest farmer
by offering a copy of the pa
per for one year to the man.who
brings in the biggest "water
million." ,
Barna Hobby in an interview
with a Galveston News repprter
assumes allelic guilt of tlie for
geries. .He completely exon
erates his brother, "Col. A. M.
Hobby, from any complicity in
tne torgertes. '
The LaGrangeiZttwv notices
that-.announcemcnts of candi
dates are. becoming numerous
in its exchanges. t- It wants a lit
tle chicken pic and asks candi
dates to comeforward and pre
sent their claims.
The toUl public debt of tlie
United States including interest
is $2,272,145,22021, of this
amount 346,7437313 50 is 'in
legal tender notes. Of fraction
al currency there is yet '6,
658,698 58 ouUtanding. The
trcasurey has- tg 1 89,708,02 1 10
in coin.
Tiie many friends and ardent
admirers of Major Tom Ochil
tree throughout the State of
Texas, the balance of the Uni
ted States, the United Kingj
dom and also of France and
Italy, will be hapyy to learn
hat he is an independent can
didate for sheriff of Galveston
oounty.
The Victoria Advocate is usu
ally a well informed paper, but it
makes a mistake'in confounding
"Earl Russell "with "Bull Run
Russell." The latter was the
correspondent of the London
Tiuzcs during the Crimean war
and at the beginning of our lit
tle trouble came to this country
to represent the Times. 1 Ic w as
present at the battle of I5ull Run
and wrote it upin a style that
Rave him, the name of "Bull,
Run."
"THE 3FAU CAMPAIGN.
Mr. Hayes started out ?n-of-fice
with the intention of purify
ing the civil service. An im
portant feature, in- this scheme
was the exemption of Federal
office-holders from assessments,
for party purposes. The Rc
publicanTcongr.cssional corumit-
jtce havcat last succeeded fn
breaking up tlie reform system ?
theyjiaveat last obtained JUr.
Hayes.' consent to solicit "vol
untary" subscriptions to4the.Re
publican campaign fund. Cir
culars have been prepared and
"wilUjc sent to cachone of the
S4000 office-holders. The cir
culars--will jinform.thc"loffice-J
iiioiaers uincxncy aviu oe per
mitted" . to contribute. The
"permission" to contribute is
nothing more noi less than an
absolute demand. If afterthc
permission is granted they do
not contribute they must, of
course, be willing to take the
consequences. . lnc KcpuDii-
cans want an electioneering
fund, and they must have it
astheDemocrats will not furnish-
.it. of course- they must do it
themselves, and noneirC more
able than those who'arc feeding
at thc-publicrcrib Slowly but.
surely areithe party managers
twisting Mr. Hayes around to
their own iiscs. -
So farUic Republicans have
been in the minority nn the
HouseVand-now iliat the Potter
investigation is in progress, an
altempt will be- made to make
it appear that it is a persecution
inaugurated by the Democrats.
JEvery effort will be used to
strengthen this impression with
tlfe rank 'and file of the party,
and this is. the reason that con
tributions arc asked for tlie fall
campaign. Money wUl. be
spent liberally where it,"Is sup
posed it will do the most good."
It is evident to the leaders of
the Republicans "that their par
ty is now on its t last legsandj
one last grand concerted Her
culean effort will be made in
the fall to regain the lost ground
and regain supremacy. The or
ganization of the new third pai
ty, National or Greenbackcrs,
or whatever name "hey may
choose.toadopt,will,asa matter
of course, draw" off from the two
organized parties a considera
ble number, lucre are many
dissatisfied Democrats and Republicans,-
and although the
new' party may not develope
any great strength or be able to
carry a single State, they may
be sufficiently strong to hold
Unbalance of powder, and thus,
while largely in the minority,
still Be able to control a State
election by going with either
one party or the other. At
present-it is difficult to tell from
which party the new one is be
ing drawn, but "tlie indications
are that a majority of them are
from the Republican party;
that party having been in pow
er so many years and having
made so many fair promises that
they have failed to carry out.
In Texas the new party is very
busy organizing, but as yet,
has not developed any material
strength. They have been
treated lightly by the Democra
cy, but may unexpectedly have
more power tharpthcy now get
credit for; consequently the
Democracy will do well to look
closely to their party organiza
tion. At a Tammany Hall meet
ing in New vYork an address
was delivered by Mr. Henry L.
Clinton, in which he declared
that the criminals guilty of the
electoral fraud should be pun
ished.. That Tammany Hall,
in common with the Democra
cy of the nation, opposed any
attack upon the presidential
title as dangerous to our insti
tutions and fruitless in results.
The current topic affects even
the children. One of our citi
zens was somewhat nonplussed
the other day by his little moth
erless daughter, who asked:
"Say papa, did mamma ever be
lieve that sonic folks would be
lost?" -Yes she did," replied
the father. "Then what did
she suppose would become of
you?"
COUNTY WOMINATIONS-
Prccinct meetings have been
held in nearly or all the pricincts
in the county, and delegates
have been appointed to the
cotuivEy convention, to meet in
Brcnfiam, on Saturday next,
the I5tl0"rist. Notwithstanding
tlie .fact that -tlie call for the
county cpnvcnliohtexpressly
states itspurposes,iVjz.: The
appointment ofdelcgates fo the
Statcrthe Congressional district
and the Senatorial district con
ventions, the times for the hold
ing of which have been appoint
ed as follows : The State con-,
vention assembles at Austin,
July 17th; the Concessional
'convention at Brenham, August
7U1, and the Senatorial district
convention at Brenham, August
10th. It is apparcntJliat there
"will be no lack of business in ap
pointing the three, sets of dele
gates required. It also lays
with the county convention to
determine the expediency of
nominating a ticket "for county
officers, and if it is determined
to make nominations, whether
toTnakethcm at this time,, or
postpone them until later in the
season. At o"ne or two of trie
precinct meetings preferences
have been expressed, prema
turely we think, for county offi
cers. We hive consulted with a
"number of leading Democrats,
and among them, several as
pirants for offices In tlie gift of
tlie people, in regard to tlie ex
pediency of making nomina
tions at the coming county con
vention. The general opinion
'is that-It Is entirely too soon In
'theHseason. It is over four
months and a half before the
election comes" off, and it is
extremely doubtful whether"
cven'the mostexperiencedrand
case-hardened office-seeker
could stand the.prcssure of be
ing a candidate for that length
x)f tTme,tOfSayhoth!ngof the
misery lhat would be Inflicted
upon citizens insbeing solicited
to vote for this and that "man.
Again, tlie people liave not had
sufficient time to canvass among
themselves and determine who
the proper men arc to fill the
offices. Should nominations be ,
made next Saturday, it would
be literally taking "snap judge
ment" on many good men who
contemplate being candidates
and who arc carefully feeling
their way. The best plan, per
haps, would be the election of a
new convention some time in
August, say the latter part, for
tlie express purpose of nomina
ting a county ticket. By that
. time the people will have had
abundant time to canvass the
merits of the various aspirants
for their favors, and will be able
to instruct their delegates un
derstand ingly.M It may also be
remarked that some very good
men in the Democratic party,
men whose opinions are-entitled
to respect, are opposed to any
party -nominations whatever.
From the present position of
the two contending parties in
this county, we can nt well sec
how we can get along without a
convention. The fact is, if we
have from two to six independ
ent Democratic candidates for
each county office worth any
thing, the Republican part'
leaders will concentrate the col
ored vote on such a ticket as
they may choose lo bring out
and will most assuredly elect
it. Should the Democracy
mak'c party nominations now;
they also place themselves at
the mercy of the Republicans,
who will have an abundance-of"
time to harmonize and put out
a ticket that will in all probabil
ity control the full strength of
their party. By postponing
nominations until the latter part
of August, the Democracy will
have plenty of time to consult
together and determine the
proper policy to pursue. 'I hey
will also know by that time
what moves the Republicans in
tend making on the county po
litical chess-board. In saying
postpone county' nominations,
w e feci that w c reflect the sntT
ments ofa majority of the Dem
ocratic and conservative oters
vof the county.
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Tho Senatorrfiipt
The Bellvillc Beacon of the
8th inst. hoists the name of
Hon. A. Chcsley, of Bellville,
for Senator from the Tw cnticth
District. We have been long
and intimately acquainted w ith
Mr. Chcsley, and take greMr
pleasure in fully endorsing tlie
sentiments expressed by thet
Beacon, which says:
The Hon. B. H. Bassett hav
ing peremptorily declined the
, candidacy for senator of the
Twentieth District, it now be
hooves the people of the three
counties composing it, to look
around'and select some good
and suitable man to occupy the
position. In this issue of the
Beacon .e present the name ofj
lion. A. Uieslcy to the consia
cration of the people, as a man.
eminently fitted for tne position
by his education, ability and ex-'
pcrience. By discussing the-,
matter Tn a friendly strain, and
not in a factious spirit, the peo--
pic can seiecc a man wno-. win
reflect credit on the judgement;
01 his" constituants and , serve,
them with beneficial results. A'
man who is not narrowed down
to any particular class, is the
man for the 'occasion one who
has capacity enough to rise
above petty class legislation, and
to frame laws beneficial to,the
entire community.
Society is necessarily com
posed of many grades, many
callings, many classes, man
trades and many professions,
and -when legislation is directed
properly for all classes, it ben
efits all, creating a healthful fee!-
"V- ft
Believing that in Mr. Chcsley,
we haye a man that comes up
to the standard indicated and
needed, we hoist his name for?
the position subject, of course,8
to the- decision of tlie conven
tion, before which the matter-
inrr in n rnmmnniHr "
vill come. ,
A correspondent of the.
Galveston News writing from
Laredo is disposed to be ironP
cal. He says : .- " '
A few weeksago about 40
Indians took up their rcsi-.
"dence in Webb county and re
mained about eight days. Af-ter'killing-a
numb'er ofcitizen?
and stealing about 150 saddle
horses they emigrated into Mex
ico. When they were safely
over, the United States, army
became indignant and sent out
eight men on mule-back to as
certain where tlie boldaiders
had crossed.
- ...
The cylone at Richmond?
Mo., did much more damage
than was first' reported. One
third of tlie city was destroyed;
fourteen persons killed outright
and eighty seven seriously in
jured, many of whom will die?
Furniture, houses and clothing
were all destroyed. An ar-
pcal for aid has been made
and is mecting'with a liberal re
sponse throughout Missouri.
mm j-
SiNCElhe passage of the sil
ver bilK 5,972,768 new silver
dollars have been coined arid
of these only about a million
remain Tn rirrnlrrtion. Thr hat-
ance 01 tnem play shuttie-cocKbe
betw een tlie treasury and tlie cus
torn house and the custom house
and the treasury. Being legal"
tender and cheaper then gold
they "are used exclusively forpay
inrr customs and are thus kcDt
.
out of circulation. t
. ... k
A Roiimi Rome Iiimhpr" clp.il-
er nrlvnrf i:p; n mrlonrl nf hq1i
doors and -blinds just received"
from Chicago. We have an
incxhaustable supply of pine
timber and any number of saw
mills in Texas, yet it seems,"
sash, doors and blinds can be
had cheaper from Chicago than
they can be had or made in
Texas.
The Washington Star, rcfer
ing to Anderson's testimony
before the investigating commit"
tee, says from the fact that he
has been notoriously "on the
make" the public will give cre
dence to his statements no fur
ther than they arcconfirmed by
documentary evidence.
... t
A Berlin dispatch says the
subject of a conference has be
come a matter of indifference?
and even the Grosser Kurfurst
calamity, by which over four
hundred sailors were drow ncd,
is hardly spoken of in the pres
ence of the attempted assassi- I
nation of the emperor. ' J
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Sherman hires two first class
lawyers to prove his innocence
in the electoral frauds.
Senator Coke made a speed
favoring the transfer of the In
dian Bearcau Jo the War de
partment.
A Dispatch fronxwllayana
savs the war in the island of
Cuba is finished andJLlxe-msur
rection at an enj
Wash Joses spoke at Round
Rock to a small audience. The
Greenbackcrs say he did not
come out plain enough.
The House has passed the
deficiency bill including $3,000,
OOO for the navy. Night ses
sions will be held this week.
The San Antonio Express
says "Judge Ireland is receiving
a much stronger support in this
section than was anticipated.
"Howare-thc mighty fallen?"
R. B. Hayes is an independent
candidate for constable in a
'McLennan county, Texas, pre-
.cinct.
Massachusetts and New
.Hampshire were visited by a
heavy frost on the night of the
6th inst Crops are greatly
damaged.
Col. G. W. Jones,will address
the negroes at the emancipation
celebration, at Bastrop, on. the
19th inst. He will expound
Bis platform.
Bss and his'gang now num
ber cteht men. They are com
plete masters of tlie situation.
Pursuers are after them a long
way behind:
The treasury"departmcnt is
now making arangements to put
the new silver-dollar in general
circulation. In due time they
will reach Texas. . .
Prince Bisjiark's nervous
ness has so increased since the
attempted assassination of the
impcror that it may be nccesea
ry to appoint a colleague.
The Dallas Commercial is
fmrclr "comfbrtedtsby hefact?
that Brazoria count'-, a long
way from the T. & P. railway,
instructs for Throckmorton.
- While Billy Pinkcrton, the
detective, was "thinking" thatj
Bass &Co. were making for
Mexico, Bass was in Denton.
.Detectives arejiot always right,
r
The colliery at Haydock,
England, exploded from, it is
supposed, fircdamp.-s Two hun
dred and thirty-two men and
boys working therein, were
killed.
It seems that citizens of
Texas " cities " arc not alone
in being compelled to work tlie
roads'. The citizens of Sedalia,
Mo., arc made to work, the
roads or " fork over. "
Gov. Hubbard made a speech
on Saturday, at Palestine, on
the Corsicana and Palestine
railroad. He also spoke on the
subject of his administration
and made many friends.
A writer in the StLouis
Times says that the real object
of the Potter investigation is to
fix the guilt of the election,
frauds on Genr Grant and thus
ruin his prospects for,thc presi
dency m IJJSO.
According to the figures of
the Galveston Mws two hun
dred and fifty-three delegates
have been chosen to the Aus
tin convention, They are thus
apportioned : Throckmorton
10S, Hubbard 69, Lang 66.
There is " music in the air "
at Sedalia. Not less than .a
thousand small boys and gam
ins nightly and daily appear on
the streets armed with French
harps which they blow with be
coming vigor.
The State executive com
mittee of Texas Greenback
party has called a State Con
vention, to meet at Waco on
the seventh day of August, for
the purpose of nominating a
ticket for State officers, etc., etc.
The Scccrtary of the Interior
has sent a communnication to
the House recommending that
the Revised statutes be amen
ded sons to allow executive de
partments to pay ordinary rites
for the publication of advertise
ments. '
-iEnstructs
.me u.iiijHBn
VictHIK
rccruifajBVLJb
M rcF
HKss at DcHHnRfd
JVerus is
straight oK Hubbard, for
Governor,
The new Methodist church
at Mason has been formally
dedicated.
The Bclton Journal is in
favor of Miljs' for re-election to
congress.
Barna Hobby now wears
a striped suit at the Huntsville
penitentiary.
The Gfddings Greenback
rlub is simply immense it has
fifteen members.
The Houston Age is adver
tised for sale on the 19th inst,
under a deed of trust
BolLw'orm and cattcrpillar
flies arc reported iri the'Brazjs
bottom near Hcarnc.
Geo. Good has withdrawn
from the congressional race in
favor ofCol. Willburn.
- A boy three years old died
near San Antonio from the ef
fects of a rattlesnake bite.
Jim Jones, the negro mur
derer, is to be hanged at La
Grange on Saturday, July 6.
Ai child was poisoned,
near Oakville, by concentrated
ley. Its rccpycry is-doubtful.-
Pablo Parras, a Mexican,
is to be hanged at Corpus Chris
ti, on the 28th inst, for murder.
In Atascosa county they
ratsc cucumbers a yard long.
The seed came from California.
Joseph-Murphy, of Kauf
man county, was Btruck by
lightening and instantly .killed.
Grading onthe Georgetown
and Round Rock tap to tlie I.
and G. N. R. R.has commenced.
The-Waco 'shiners" have
established a rendezvus -which
they style the "Bootblacks
Retreat"
During a hail storm in
Bell county, recently, hail stones
thcee Inches in djameter(?), arc,-
Kcllar charged'With . xob
Tiing lie Marshall postoffice
has been discharged by- Jthe U.
S. commissioner. ' -
- Mrs. Wjlliahi Friedman, a"
youngTnarricd lady of Dallas,
is the latest victim ofcoal oil,
She is fatally burned
The Round Rock and
Belton telegraph hangs fire.
The poles have been planted
but no wire stretched.
Cotton .worms of a doubt
ful character have made theii-
appcarance in Capt Alsbury's
hcldin Waller county.
The receipts of wool at
Austin, it is estimated, will be
five times larger this season
than any previous season.
Ruby, tlie Houston lawyer
indicted for land forgery, has
been acquitted at Austin. His
innoccnccjwas fully established:
The colored people of
Hempstead are making prepar
ations for. basket picnic and
speech making, on the 19th inst.
There is war in Fayette
county newspaper war.- The
Reeoid and Aigtis are paying
each other left-handed compli
ments. In -Dcnison they have
trouble aboutthe dog tax.
They have an ordinance taxing
dogs but never collect any
thing. A very severe storm passV
cd, over the northemportion of
Atascosa cdimty, devastating
crops, uprooting trces'-and play
ing "Old Harry" generally.
The Dallas Savings bank
will probably pay 15 or 20 cents
on the dollar. The cashier,
Grubcr, spent S23.000 in two.
years with a salary" of S3000. ,
Buck Combs, a farmer re
siding near Bremond.was taken
before a jury in a justice's court
and fined $ 100 forbrutally beat
ing his daughter, aged seven
teen. Mr Scdgcwick, of Mc
Lcnnan county, will have ten
thousand bushels of wheat and
eight thousand of oats,all the
produce of seven hundred acres
of land.
The wheat crop is assuming
importance in Victoria county.
Several of the latest improved
McConnick reapers 'have been
brought into requisition to har
vest the crop. "
Austin Statesman: Black
berries are still bi ought in, in
small quantities, "lhe best of
StLouis flour is now sold at S 25
a barrel. Watermelons sell at
30 to 40 cents. . "w
incvic
The nine men in jail at
Palestine, charged with the
murder of Dr. Grayson, have
been, refused bail by Judge
Walker.
The Ilcadlitrht says the
greenbacks paid as mileage and
cr diem to the congressman
re the greenbacks that Wash
as "his eye on.
A difficulty occurcd at J
Troy, Bell county, between C.
H. Baltzcll and J. S. Shoemak
er. Shoemaker, who was under
the influence of whiskey, was
killed.
William Collins, who is un
der indictment for complicity
in the train robberies, has been
released on bond. Pipes and
Herndon have, as yet, been un
able to give bond.
The chances are, says the
Austin Statesman that Win.
Hyde, the editor of the St.
Louis Republican, will get the
shrot term from Missouri in the
United States Senate.
Work on the Brazos bridge
near Hempstead- has Been re
sumed. It will probably be
completed by The 4th of July
when a grand picnic will be giv
er? to celebrate the event.
, The total assessment of
Galveston county for 1877 ag
gregated S2i.53S.237. The to
tal for 187S is onlyjSi7,'345,675.
which shows tlie' shrinkage in
value for the year to be 4,191,
612.' There arc two negroes in
the Bastrop jail condemned to
be hung. Their cases were af
firmed by the Appellate court
They will be "sentenced, at the
next term of the District court
fn October.
A Victoria county man kill
ed a fat cow, from the paunch
of which he extracted a number
of iron nails, screws and lead
bullets. . The Advocate invites
tlie skeptical to call at its office,
and examine the curiosities.
The Dallas Herald reports
the heaviest rainfall ever known
in that section of country. Be
ginning shortly after 12 o'clock
on Tuesday morning perfect
shotsof water fell unceasingly for'
nearly three hours. Much dam
age was none.
The Advertiser says .corn
can now be bought for delivery
,at Bastrop in the fall fcat 20
cen6"a busliel; aIso,-that cot
tpn is a month earlierthan usu
al and that no fears arc enter-
vtained of the cotton worm.
It is stated that trie major
ity of the- stock of the Houston
and ' Texas Western railroad
is owned by Mr. Stone, of N$w
York, ud that if 'tlie present
complications cannot be adjust
ed he will apply to theJcourtS
for a receiver. "
The sable prisoners jn the
Dallas'jail held a "kangaroo"
court and found the judge guil
ty of malfeasance inbffice. An
hundred lashes were adminis
tered to the Judge who then
made a speech to the effect that
law and order must be preserved.
On Friday morning the
sleeper and ladies car on the up
bound train of the Central were
ditched by a broken rail, two
miles south ofMcKinney. Rev.
Know Ies Shaw was killed. Five
other passengers "were seriously-
andj twelve slightly wounded.
D. H. Francis, land forger,
was convicted at Austin and
sentenced to fiveyears in the
penitentiary. The- gang Tiow
includes Ham, Tiillis, McCul
loch, Hatch and Francis, About
tw enty-five , .more are now
awaiting trial.
A. convict with a history
recently died in the Houston1
jail from tlie effects of a gun
shot wound received while
escaping; and, eating green
peaches, His real name was
not divulged, but he belonged
to one of- theb'cst families-on
the Pacific slope. He wes one
of the boldest bandits of tlie
facWcst
According fo a special to.
the Guveston News bam Bass,
Underw ood, Jackson - Barnes,
and Charles Carter Ypde into
Denton early on Thursday
morning and gofng to'a livery
stable recaptured the two horses
captured from the gang; some,
days ago. nicy men roae oui
of town and as soon as they
had a good fair start fifty men
went in pursuit.
Quite an excitcing little
chase aftcri horse thief -occurred
near Round Top,v Fayette
county. Constable Rankin got,
his game cornered, when the
game being game drew a revol
ver and a number qf shots were
exchanged, the constablcjiaving
emptied his pistol was compell
ed to retire anil the game made
his escape. 'Rankin subsequen
tly shotthc thief with a load of
squirrel shot wounding him.
"How about the railroad
now?" seems to be the ques
tion which agitates the minds
of tlie people. Bclton Journal.
DoctorsSunandAir. The
air bf the rooms we live in is
more or less alive with germs.
Sunlight with air will kill them;
consequently sunlight and ven
tilation are essential condition
of health, and there must be al
Ieasttwo hours of sunlight to
produce effective results. It is
neither necessary no desirable
to allow the schorching sun to
pour through our windows all
day long, but Ave- must have
enough of it to keep our houses
sweet and fresh, or we must
sufTer the consequences. We
may keep our houses open, till
10 o'cloclc in the morning; and
then close them during the heat
oflhe day, reopening therfl-irf
the afternoon when the noontide
fcrvors-are over. The amount
of a good round doctor's bill fpr
attendance on a case ofdiph
thcria or typhoid fever will am
ply suffice to put wire netting
over all our doors and windows,
so that no troublsomc'insect can
find entrance, while -sunlight
and air may freely distill -uporf
us their blessings. Tribune'.
The Money report, of the
Kansas Board of Agricultcre,'
gives the following summary of
the account of. fruit raised -in
that State, accordingto the as
wssor's returns: Apple trees
n beariny, 1, 204,909, and 3448,
000 not in bearing that is, 26
per cent, oearing. ine pro-
duct was about two and a nan
million bushels, valued at $1,
445,006. Peach trees are.morc
numerous than apple, there bcr
sing over seven millionsof which
3.593,000 were tn Deanng,-or
about 50 per cent The crop
was estimated in 1877 at 1,796,
00a bushels, valucdat 553900.
Thc value of the cherry cropj,
was estimated at ''138,000; and
raspberries, blackberries and
strawberries, at $707,000, Peac t
trees grow and bear welL but
the blight has been very de
structive. The, trees escape
best in the southern part of the
State. The entire value, from
the vineyard was estimated at
-S 19.463-
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The cattle inspector of Buffa
lo reports that of the animals ar
riving inthatcityjjy rail, during
February, 1,077 were dead, and
1,140 were crippled. The in
spector, in conversation with a
"reporter, saia inai-" me manner
in which stockdomesln Is a
shame, and an outrage. It is
carried frqm Chicago to -Buffalo
writnout a rest, or anything to
cat or drink by the way. Andv
what is wotsc.many of the-poor'
animals are left fn the yardsfor
three houis, without being iv
tcred or fed, and are tiien re-
loaded and snipped sto new
York." The Buffalo Sunday"
News comments on the feverish
and unwholesome condifion,'of "
some of tlie cheap meat brought
"to Buffalo. v
NEWBOUEIl"BROS."
Dry-Goods Pnlaoo, Main Street,.
-
Have just'-received another'
lot of choice goods which they"
are oflering at remarkably low
figuresC 100 pefces choiccPer
cales at 8 1-2 cts. worth.12 1-2.
;20 pcices Linen Lawn at 12 1-2.
I5 peices choice Silk Muslin
something entirely new, 20
cents. Also, another "lo ofis.
button Kid Gloves all colors,
at 75 cents. 3 button" Kid
Gloves at Si a bargain.-fTNov-'
elties in ,, ladies' ready-made.
csDrses just tn something
stylish. A fine line of Summer,.
Silks reduced to Ssscente
worth, j5i.t A large variety of
Edging and 'colored JEm-
broidery sold at 58 and,iO cts
a yard, and'-upwards worth
double the monej-. Finest as
sortment of Ruching, Fans
Parasols and ladies' JNeckwear
jto be found in the city.,- They,.
have added another Jarge nra-'
riety of ladies' readj--made"U6-
r-t ... m -I - T li - r
aer v,ioining wmen iney are. oi
fering very chcap-r-much cheap
er than you, can buy the mate-T
rial and make them up? Par-
ties in want of"dry-good5-.will ;-
save ..money by buying their"?".
goods at'the LargcDry-Goods ,,
Establishment ofjin; "" 3,
, .'NEWBUUERBro-r. -
It is relate'd of.a vounrr ladV.
that" on being asked by the Jfc
teacher of her Bjble-clais.what
was her chief consolation in life,"
she blushingly replied: "I don't
like to tell you his name.butt
have no objections telling you
where he Jives." '
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1 Cotton Seeq Wanted.-
Highest cash price paid or same
delivered atTmy warehouse.
cls.w3n. J. A. Wilkins.
Old TvrE suitable for Bab
bit metal for sale, in quantt
tics to suit, at this office.
Twenty-five scents will pay
for a good square meal'at the
Phcnix Restaurant- fv
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