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ESTABLISHED 1865.
BRENHAM, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1878.
YOL. Xin NO. 27.
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Announcements will be Inserted xt the fol
lowing ratu: i-tatr and District oiBcm, 10;
County, 8i-V); rreclnct, 1. The money to
accompany the announcement, la every lu
MAnce. The Democracy gulphed
down the Greenbackers at Fort
Worth.
Gen. Hubbard and staff re
viewed the troops at Camp
Houston on Thursday.
The A. and M. College at
Brysn was crowded to its ut
most capacity during the last
session.
The Potter sub-committee
has arrived at New Orleans and
will begin their investigation on
Monday next
The Galveston News' arith
metic now gives Throckmorton
150; Hubbard 180; Lang 51;
uninstructed 343.
The Bastrop Advertise says
thej3cople will recognize no
man as a candidate until, they
see his name in the paper.
The National Greenback
Standard is the name of a new
paper just started at Dallas.
Its name indicates its mission.
The State military encamp
ment at Houston broke up on
Saturday afternoon. It is re
garded as a perfect success in
every respect
The second shipment of four
hundred tons of iron for the
Santa 'Fc railroad was to have
been made at New York yes
terday, Saturday.
The Corsicana Index learns
that Gov. Wade Hampton and
Senator Voorhees will be pres
ent at the reunion of Hood's and
Granbury's brigades on the 10th
inst
.
A letter from Havannasays
the campaign of the Spaniards
against the Cubans, without
any battles cost the former 80,
000 men, and the island is a
vast cemetery.
The Giddings JLone Star is
the most immense newspaper
published in Texas. Its last
issue contains nearly a column
and a half of reading matter set
up at home.
Butler, the greatest fraud in
the world, says: "It is his idea
to probe the great fraud which
has been perpetrated, to the
bottom, without considering
whom it might affect
s
The Houston Age claims the
largest circulation in Houston.
The Telegram says the Age's
circulation is very limited.
Which paper has possession of
"the "litEe hatchet?"
Carr. Killough of LaGrangc.
informs the Austin Gazette that
N. A.T. in his letter to ths Gal
veston Ninas is again guilty of
grossley misrepsenting the po
litical sentiment of Fayette
county.
There was two executions
on Friday. Paolo Parras, a
Mexican, was hanged at Corpus
Christi, for murder, George
Solomon, a negro was hanged
at Fairfield, for the murder of
his wife.
Lestere, the Scottish clair
voyant, is doing the people of
Dallas. He is said to have
done the San. Antonians out of
S5000. He knows all about
printers ink and advertises very
liberally.
The great and good Galves
ton News, emulating the exam
ple of some of its rural contem
poraries, acknowledges the re
ceipt of a watermelon weighing
thirty-seven pounds, and re
marks that anybody who can
beat it has an opportunity to do
The News is a large paper
bvants large melons.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
As will be seen by an ordi
nance published elsewhere,
the city council orders an elec
tion, for Saturday next, the 6th
of July, on the question of
whether a special .tax of one
quarter of one per cent shall
be levied for the purpose of
maintaining the public free
schools. The free schools have
been, by the aid of a special
tax, kept in successful opera
tion for the past three years.
So far as we have been able to
hear, there seems, at present,
to be but little interest mani
fested. This is wrong. The
public schools of Brcnham have
given her an enviable name all
over the State; they arc, in
fact, an institution of which we
have just reason to be proud.
As to the benefit of educating
the masses, it is unnecessary to
speak. That ignorance and
crime are twin sisters, is a fact
that needs no argument. It
costs every county in the State
from twice to three, times as
much to take care of its crimi
nals as it does to educate the
children.
As long as the public schools
arc kept up ten months in the
year, Brcnham will get her por
tion of the Peabody fund. The
last scholastic year we got
S1200, a sum that is of vast im
portance to us. It is suficient
to pay the salaries of two teach
ers. If we fail to carry the
school tax, we will undoubted
ly lose the benefit of the Pea
body fund. Wc feel satisfied,
however, that a majority of our
tax-payers are in favor of the
tax, and of maintaining the
schools. That they have been
successful, is proven by the in
terest manifested in the public
examinations and commence
ment exercises. The official re
port of the daily attendance and
scholarship was published some
weeks ago in the the Banner.
In order to carry the tax, it is
necessary that two-thirds of all
the tax-payers within the cor
porate limits of ths city vote in
favor of it A majority of .two
thirds of the votes polled does
not comply with the law. It
requires that tivo-thitds of the
tax-paycts vote for it Those
opposed to the tax arc not in
terested in voting against it; by
abstaining from voting at all
they accomplish their purpose.
This being the case, it behooves
the friends of the schools to be
stir themselves and get every
tax-payer to cast his vote in fa
vor of the tax. The least apathy
on the. part of those most direct
ly interested is likely to cause
the defeat of the measure.
Lang's salary as master of
the Grange is said to be S4000
a year. Banner.
If the Banner knows better,
it should not publish a false
statement If it doesn't know
better, its ignorance of the af
fairs of a very large body of
worthy citizens in its own
county, is very poor show for
local ability. Waco Examiner,
The Banner does not know
ingly publish any false state
ments. In this case it said that
Lang's salary "is said to be"
S4000. Why does not the
Examiner give the official fig
ures? How much does he get?
Is Lang not now traveling
about electioneering for the
governorship and drawing a
salary from the Grange at one
and the same time? Would it
have been improper for Master
Lang to have resigned his office
upon entering the gubernatori
al race? If so, why?
The Waco Examine now re
gards the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railroad as .1 fixed
fact, and warns the people of
Waco that without a connect
ing line of railroad, she will in
evitably lose a large share of
the trade that now goes there
by virtue of necessity.
Hubbard and Throckmorton
were both at Houston on Fri
day. It is supposed they both
made speeches. Ther will
speak at Galveston to-day, Saturday.
PROSPECTS.
N. A. T. writes to the Galves
ton Nezvs, from LaGrange. He
his been casting a congressional
horoscope. To him things
have a murky appearance,
though he thinks he can discov
er the figure of the next con
gressman in the dim distance.
Jones; he thinks, is the coming
man. In Fayette county, they
think Hancock is the only man
who can win. There may be
something in all this, but just
where Jones' great strength is,
we arc at, a lass to discover.
The Volksbote, a German paper,
repudiates Jones. It objects to
his theory, that both the great
political parties arc dead. The
Volksbote is satisfied that the
Democratic party is alive, and it
regards the Republican party
as by no means dead. Jones,
in order to be elected, would
require the solid Republican
vote of the district, as well as
that of all the Greenbackers and
all such sore-headed Democrats
as he can get
Railroads.
The Rockdale Messcnget is
highly elated over the prospects
of the G., C. & S. F. railroad.
It says the building up of towns
must ensue upon the opecing
up of a direct thoroughfare to a
nearer market, and better
prices must prevail for the pro
ducts of the soil. The road
will be a good thing for Milam
county, as it will give them a
competing line. They are now
in the hands of the Internation
al road, as wc of Brcnham are
in the hands and at the mercy
of the Central. As stated by
the Banner a few days ago,
thousands of bushels of corn is
absolutely going to waste be
cause of the prohibitory freight
charges- Western corn is now
quoted in Galveston at 60 cents.
and Texas corn (weevil eaten),
at about forty cents. In Color
ado county farmers would
gladly sell their corn at 30 cents
a bushel, but it can't be ship
ped. Same old cry, too much
freight If farmers could afford
to give the railroads corn free
gratis they might be induced to
take it to market for the freight.
Railroads arc a good thing, but
then, the people ought to have
some rights that the railroads
should respect. Just now it
does not look much as though
they had.
The Marshall Herald says
that Democrats throughout the
State that joined the Green
back organizations are reconsid
ering their action, and are speed
ily falling into line in the time
honored old party. In Grayson
county the Greenbackers are
advised by their party organ to
affiliate with the Democracy.
The same thing has occureed
in Tarrant county, and is likely
to occurr in all other counties in
which any attempt to organize
the Greenback party has been
made. There is hardly enough
of them to constitute a respecta
ble minority.
The Rockd.i1-: Messengei re
gards N. A. T.'s letter to the
Galveston Nines regarding the
alleged bargain between Shep
ard and Giddings as a low trick
The editor of the Messengerwss
a delegate to the nominating
convention and says of his own
personal knowledge the story is
utterly without any foundation
whatever. It is a trick of the
Hancock men.
Hubbard and Throckmorton
spoke at Houston on Friday
night. Gov. Throckmorton
dwelt mainly upon national af
fairs and commercial depresion.
Gov. Hubbard devoted himself
to rendering an account of his
stewardship; defending the Bur
nett and Kilpatrick penitentiary
contract. The speaking was
kept up until after midnight.
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The Potter investigation is
the only thing that now enlivens
Washington. The charming
Mrs. Jcnks was again before
the committee and produced
the letters between Anderson
and herself.
Jonos.
Wash Jones' chief stock in
trade is his opposition to con
ventions and a weakness for the
Greenbackers. Jones' strength
and main dependence is pri
marily on the Republicans, but
he hopes by advocating the
wild and chimerical scheme of
the Greenback men to get their
votes also. Now the Green
backers propose holding county
conventions and a State con
vention. Now with all of Jones'
utterings against the convention
system staring him in the face,
what will he do if the Green
backers in convention assem
bled agree to fly him as a part
and parcel of the tail to their
kite? Will Jones stultify him
self by accepting their nomina
tion, or will he repudiate it and
continue his independent race?
A premeditated and cold
blooded murder was committed
at St. Louis last week. Itsccms
that a young man named Henry
Redemier went to where Franz
Voss, an old and respected citi
zen, was engaged in laying a
foundation. Redemier, after
sitting around for some time
watching the men work, but not
saying a word to any one, sud
denly drew a revolver and fired
at Voss, striking him in the
head. Voss fell, when Rede
mier approached and fired an
other shot into his breast. Voss
died in twenty minutes. Rede
mier was subsequently arrested;
he stated that he had an old
grudge against Voss and was
glad he had killed him.
Gov. Hubbard and ex-Governor
Throckmorton addressed
the citizens of Galveston on Sat
urday afternoon and evening.
The speaking did not partake of
the character of debate.
Throckmorton reviewed the
State finances while Hubbard
vindicated his administration.
The Galveston News concludes
a review of the speeches as fol
lows: For the rest, the election of
either to the governorship of
Texas might well be hailed with
general satisfoction throughout
the State, for neither is wanting
in breadth of patriotism or in
experience, capacity, energy
and zeal in public service.
Mechanics and laborers are
in the habit of complaining of
low wages in the United States.
The Department of State has
lately received a report of wages
in Northern Germany. Me
chanics and skilled artisans re
ceive from 48 to 88 cents a day;
ordinary laborers, including
farm and field hands, 40 to 60
cents a day, without board ; and
railway hands, laborers on pub
lic roads and the like get from
44 to 60 cents a day. A labor
er's family of husband, wife and
three children can live comfort
ably on $2 1 5 per year.
The Dallas Commercial hits
the nail on the head when it
says that a majority of the
Greenbackers are. men who
never have a dollar and never
would if there were millions
more issued. The chaps are
trying to persuade the people
that it is the fault of the gov
ernment and not their own that
they arc poor.
The Houston Tclcgiam calls
attention to the fact that there
is no game law in this State.
The next Legislature will be
called upon to.pass a game law
to prevent the killing of game
at improper seasons of the
year. In the old States game
laws arc rigidly enforced.
Gov. Swann, of Marryland,
recently married Mrs. Thomp
son a very rich New Jersey
widow. The bridegroom is
eighty years of age and the
bride fifty-three. This is a case
of October and January, not
May and December.
The moonshiners in
East
Tcnncseee seem to be
irrepres-
siuie. un uic 20m int. no .'ess
than nine crooked distillcreis
were destroyed in Putnam coun
ty. When one distillery is
brokeu np two new or.es are
started in its place.
1,
Texas Veteran Association.
The T. V. A. held their annual meeting
at Bryan on the 25th of June. We Icam
the following from the official proceedings
published in the "Brazos Pilot." The
following named Veterans were present :
V. J. Russell, first ice-president: W.
P. Lane, second v ice-president; M. A,
Bryan, secretary; A. Buffington, J. B.
Robertson, II. Chrisman, J. II. Cahert, J.
C Bartlclt, Elli Benson, T. M. .Marshall,
John Chisholm, A. NcilL H. E. McCulloch,
II. Necls, II. Mitchell, C. B. Erath,
G. W. Gentry, D. S. Kockernott, G. P.
foster, W.J. uryan. 1. 1 inompson, v.
P. Hardeman, H. Woodland, H. B. Little
field, S. W. McXeelcy, K. K. Lubbock, G.
M. Dais,.Wm. Scu'rlock, G. SI. I'alric.
G. Munson, II. Brigance, Wilson Reed, G.
B. Duncan, Robert Jonhson, J. M. Hi'l,
F. B. Gentry. T. X. Gentry, T. J. All
corn. Wm. McMaster, K. R. Thomas, Guy
M. Bryan, A. I- McCoy, E. W. Can thorn,
F. Brigance, Edwin Waller, T. A. Plasters,
G. II. Loc, I. H. .Mitchell, E. M. Pease,
C. C. Seale, II. R. Henry, P. R. tferce.
John Walker, Chas. C Garrett, G. W.
Tuttle, II. C Lyon, Hamilton P. Bee, Is.
D. Price, Martin Walker' Elisha Allen
and'Gco. Green.
A number of resolutions were passed,
among them one " that all Veterans who
tush to become members, are to make the
necessary proof of senice, and send same
to the secretary for action of the associa
tion. " Thanks were tendered the citizens
of Bryan for the handsome manner in
which the Veterans were entertained. As
far as could be ascertained there has been
twentj-five deaths in the first class, and lie
in the second class since last meeting. The
next annual meeting was appointed for
Galveston on the 21st of Apnl nevt.
The Brenham Banner says
that thousands of bushels of
surplus corn are lying in the
cribs in Washington county, a
dead loss as food food for the
weevil, simply because, railroad
transportation is exorbitant.
Corn can be bought there at
thirty-five to fifty cents a bushel
and is quoted in Gaiveston as in
demand at fifty to fifty-one
cents. Galveston is distant only
121 miles, yet it can not be ship
ped because the railroad freight
tariff is too high. This is a mat
ter which the Constitution make
obligatory npon the Legislature
to remedy; but it will never be
done until the people quit elect
ing railroad attorneys and pur
chasable men to the Legisla
ture, Bonham Nczvs.
The late grand jury of Travis
county publish a lengthy card
addressed " To the People, "in
which they charge that "on
Saturday morning in open
court, Judge E. B. Turner, in a
offensive manner, entirely un
expected by us and against our
wishes, as we were in the midst
of very important work, order
ed the grand jury to close its
labor that day, thereby prevent
ing us from making the custo
mary report "
In these times the nice
question has to be settled, what
are actual necessities and what
are imaginary wants. The fur
belows and flounces of war
times; the $15 boots and Sio
shoes ; the splendid horses and
carriages; expensive weddings
and still more expensiue funer
als, must be looked upon as
things of the past. These are
not the necessaries, but the fol
lies. m s
Any person knowing the
whereabouts of the children of
Gen. Earl Van Dorn will do an
act of kindness by communica
ting with Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
at Courtland, Lawrence county,
Alabama.
Dan. Morton, of Thunderbolt
fame, has been released from
the Galveston jail. It is said
his friends would have paid his
fine, but he preferred martyr
dom. He is now supposedly
ready to libel some one else.
Francis Murphy, of the Mur
phy movement, only ask $150 a
week and hotels bills paid to
make a move on the whiskey
guzzlers of a town. It would
seem that he is working for
money as well as glory.
The Williamson county Sun
hoists the name of Hon. Seth
Shepard for congress, giving
him a hearty endorsement, and
at the same time, saying that
the Democracy of the county
have spoken out for him.
The Galveston Nctvs reports
a number of county conventions
and meetings on Saturday last
Dallas county instructs for
Throckmorton first last and all
the timp.
Grayson county instructs
for Throckmorton and against
the two-thirds rule.
Bexar county Dcvinc
first choice, Hubbard second.
Schleiaher for congress.
A precinct meeting was
held at Paris Hubbard 111 the
ascendency:
Liberty county does not
instruct. Hubbard is thought
to have a majority.
Rusk county instructs for
Hubbard.
The young woman who used
to sing so devinely, "Oh, had I
the wins of a dove," is satisfied
with a c'lickcn leg.
STATE NEWS.
Peak is again on the
trail
of Bass.
North Texas has been vis
ited by heavy rains.
Fort Worth has now five
job printing offices.
Bastrop postoffice becomes
a money order office.
Railroad is the chief theme
of conversation in Bellville.
Lcmson is arranging lor a
grand fourth of July
cclebra-
tion.
A sad case of seduction
and desertion occurred near
Dallas.
The San Antonio street
railway is doing a fair business
already.
Lightning whiskey is sold
in Houston at five cents a
"snort."
Corsicana has a new
weekly paper called the Snarl
ing Scrap.
The cotton miller is repor
ted on lower Mill creek in Aus
tin county.
A mad dog has been kill
cd at Denison. The first one of
the season.
The Hempstead Courier
has been shown the first open
boll of cotton.
Corsicana's temperance so
ciety has 211 members 96 fe
male and 115 male.
The grain crop of Bastrop
county is much better than that
of previous years.
The churches and beer
gardens were well patronized at
Dallas on Sunday.
The sale of a few bales of
cotton at Fort Worth is deemed
worthy of special report.
Burnet county held its con
vention and instructed for Hub
bard, Sayers and Shepard.
The Georgetown court
house will be completed for the
next term of the district court.
Hon. G. Schleicher was
tendered a public reception
upon his arival at San Antonio.
Ford who was arrested at
Marlin on a charge of assault
ing his daughter has been ac
quitted. The Round Top and War
renton precincts, in Fayette
county, instruct for Shepard for
congress.
Gause, of the Crockett
Patron is in luck, he has been
made postmaster and is a Dem
ocrat at that.
-Fields, the negro convict
ed of rape, at Houston, has
been granted a new trial by
Judge Cook.
The town of Bellville has
subscribed about $ 1 0,000, most
ly in money, to the G., C, and
S. F. R. R.
Dallas whiskey made a fel
low so drunk that he could't
tell his name when scooped up
by a policeman.
Judge Reagan has return
ed to his home, at Palestine.
He was received by an admir
ing assemblage.
The railroad ticket office at
Fort Worth was, a few days ago,
robbed of $70 while the agent
was at dinner.
Seventy-nine saloons are
required to irrigate the parched
throats of the inhabitants of the
moral city of Dallas.
The Austin county candi
dates are coming to the front
The Bellville Beacon has a num
ber of announcements.
Major John Henry Brown
of Dallas has after much per
sausion consented to be a can
didate for the Legislature.
The Sun says work on the
Georgetown railroad is rapidly
progressing. It will probably
be ready for the fall trade.
Sorrow is depicted on the
countenances of the citizens of
Georgetown the brass band
"has done and gone dead."
The Colorado Citizen con
tains a number of advertise
ments of worm destroyer and
apparatus for administering it.
A Navasota firm proposes
handling cotton at twenty-five
cents a bale the coming season.
This is certainly cheap enough.
A planter announces the
appearance of the simon pure
cotton worm on his plantation
three miles south of Columbus.
Another fishing party has
gone out to catch Bass. The
gang would be a good lake" as
52000 each is offered for their
capture.
L. A. Ellis, late of Jeffer
son, has entered into a partner
ship with Mr. Cunninglian in
the lease of the Huntsvillc pen
itentiary. During a recent visit to
San Felipe, the Beacon man saw
and conversed with Mr. Geo.
Kidd, who will be .104 years
old on August 10th next. He
is a wonderfully w e!l prcscrv
nun.
The hoe nuisance is the
theme of discussion in Denison.
The papers up there are oppos
ed to making the town a hog
ranchc.
A Bellville druggist re
ports the sale of 600 pounds of
arsenic. There are no worms,
but then the farmers arc pre
paring for them.
In Lou-'s Rummers or
chard, near San Antonio, may
be seen fuzzy peaches and ncc-
' tarincs as smooth as apples
growing on the same tree.
Jessee T. Roscoc, who kill
ed Harry Lackey at Corsicana
in December last, was arrested
in Henderson county. Roscoc
was shot before hesunendered.
A number of families in
Waco, who are not able to make
a summer trip north, fix up tents
and go out on the Bosque river
for a few weeks camp life in
the woods.
Dallas has a policeman
named "Pharos." It is not
stated whether he is related to a
king of ancient Egypt oris nam
ed after a popular and well
known game.
The Tarrant county con
vention unanimously tabled a
resolution to instruct for Throck
morton. The county is almost
a unit for Piner, of Den
ton, for congress.
A difficulty occurred near
White Rock, Dallas county, be
tween G. J. Garner and John
Jones. Jones was killed. The
trouble was all about a fence
breaking pig.
Colorado county has 1 105
white children, over eight and
under fourteen years of age
553 males and 552 females;
colored children, 1292 646
males and 643 females.
A Mexican, named Rod
riguez, goes to Huntsvillc for
twenty years, for having killed
a fellow-countryman, in Bexar
county. The evidence was
wholly circumstantial, but very
strong.
A railroad meeting in the
interest of the Corsicana and
Palestine railroad was recently
held at the former place. An
effort is being made to interest
the farmers. A competing line
of railroad is what is wanted.
A large and enthusiastic
Democratic meeting was held at
iNavasora. ine coierune was
adopted without a dissenting
voice. A nominating conven
tion will meet on the last Sat
urday in July.
Corsicana has fighting edi
tors. Halbert, of the Index, had
a tussel with a United States
deputy marshal, and Van Horn,
of the Obsetver, was observed
in an engagement with a police
man. Van was hit on the pro
boscis. An old trapper of San
Saba county says the beaver
are returning to the streams in
that countiy in great numbers.
A few years ago these animals
were very scarce. It is said
that civilization drives them
out of a country.
In the Criminal District
court at Houston, John Field's
a negro, was tried for rape of
Mrs. Keiscr, a white woman.
The jury after a few minutes
absence returned a verdict of 1
guilty assessing his punishment
at death.
The Limestone county
convention met on Friday and
nominated a county "ticket.
Groesbecck got nearly all the
offices. The delegates to the
State conrcntioituninstruct
ed. ThrockmortorTTs supposed
to have a majority.
At Fort Worth, on the 29th
inst, a Mrs. Gray took her
three children and proceeded
to the river and drowned them
all and then herself. She left a
letter to her husband saying he
had accused her of a crime of
which she w:s notguilty.
The Indians who made the
raid in Mason county were over
taken midway between Cedar
creek and the Nueces ; a lively
skirmish ensued; three of the
"red devils" were killed and the
stolen horses captured. The
whites suffered no loss othcJ
than the killing of a few horses.
John Sherrod plead guilty
to the charge of robbing the
postoffice at Marshall. The
prisoners father, Dr. Sherrod,
one of the oldest and most es
teemed citizens of Harris coun
ty, paid back all the money
taken, besides paying the ex
penses of the case.
A wagon manufactory, on
a large scale, has been c-tab-hshed
at Longview. It is in
the hands of praccical men, who
say the timber is efjiial to, if
not superior to that in the
north. It is to be hoped that
the enterprise will prove suc
cessful. All the wagons now
used in Texas are brought from
the north and cabt
While Mr. F. Frank
was plowing in his field, near
Bellville, on Wednesday last,
his horse was : track by lightn
ing and will die from the effects
of it Mr. Frank was stunned
by the shock but not injured.
The Travis county Green
backers held a convention at
Austin on Saturday. They de
clined nominating a county
ticket There was 82 delegates
of assorted colors and all kinds
of past party affiliations present.
Dr. Sherrod paid $431
to the United States as the un
recovered balance stolen from
the Marshall post office and the
expenses of his son's arrest etc-.
Young Sherrod is said to be
of unsound mind and was only
a tool in the hands of theives,
A deputy United States
marshal from Fort Smith went
to Fort Sill for two Indians who
were confined, with other In
dians on a farm. The Indians
resisted an est attacking the
marshal and posse. Two In,
dians were killed. It is feared
this may cause the Comanches
to go on the war path.
A sham battle with all the
minutac of actual war, was
fought at the Houston encamp
ment. The Brenham Grtys be
haved nobly in the engagement
The battle was witnessed by
several thousand .persons and
the verdict was, a grand suc
cess. Saturday was the last
day of the encampment
Some time ago a fine race
marc was stolen from Esquire
Grayson at Lodi, Marion coun
ty. He with a party of .fifteen
citizens started in pursuit. They
came up with the thieves fifteen
miles northwest of Mt Vernon,
Titus county. The " horse fan
ciers " showed fight and a bat
tle ensued. Four thieves were
killed, but two others got away"
taking the stolen mare withr -'
them. Mr. Grayson was slight.--,
ly wounded during the battle.
A correspondent of tlte-j
Galveston Nevis writing froml
La Grange tells how a. .spirited
young lady of that place shell-"
roaded a suitor. She had two r
suitors. One discovered the
other engaged playing with.
" The Tiger. " He went to the
young lady and told her that he
had seen the fellow gambling1
etc etc. She got in a Jiuffand
dissmisscd him. Shortly after
wards she sent him n note in
viting him to take a buggy jide.
He joyfully accepted. They
drove seven miles in the coun
try. She sent him to a house
for a glass of water. While he
was gone she drove off leaving
him to foot it back. He never
says anything about "Tiger" .
now.
s a sy yiiHfwias
Bkexiiam, Juue 10th, iSjS
Carl Sciirnz&Esf :
Dear Sir, In answer to your request
that we should state to you, in writing, our
opinion upon the fouowin IT facts, to wit:
On the day of 18 . Mr. George
Weikel made a deed of gift to his wile,
Catherine Weikel, resting on herta' fee
simple title to 36 'j acres of land, constitu
ting a small farm in the neighborhood of
Brenham, which had formerly been then,
homestead, but they had abandoned ..
and removed to the city of Brenham, wheie .
they had acquit ed another homestead, ad
where they were lining at the date nf
conveyance. They had at the time one
child, which is still living a minor. .Mrs.
Catherine Weikel has since been declared
a lunatic, and letters of guardianship upon
her estate liave been granted by the pro
bate court of Washington county to C W.
Klaeden, who has applied for and obtained
an order for the sale of the 36JJ acres
of land Tor the support and maintenance of
the lunatic;
whether the'purehaser at the
ine question submitted by von
is.-
:r we purenaser at tne sale
e made in
pursuance to. said order will take a rood
title to said land, as against the husband,
George Weikel, who has forbidden the
sahvand as against the child ?
"vYc answer that we are satisfied the pur
chase will, upon confirmation, take a good
and valid title upon the property.
Without citing authority m support of ouf
opinion, we will state, in brief, theviesis.
upon which it is based. "
1. By virtue ofthe deed froraher hus
band, the land became the separate proper
ty of Mrs. WeikeL
2. During the marriage, his assent is or
dinarily necessary to the validity of any vol
untary com eyance made by her, but not to.
tb.it of any disposition of it made by or ud
der the law: e. g., a tax sale, a. sale under
execution against her; or, as here, a gearr
dian's sale. We regard the jurisdiction of
the court as complete and exclusive over,
the property of the w ard.
3. Upon the facts stated, it seems clear
that no homestead right remains in the"hus
band which could be asserted to defeat the
right of a purchaser at the sale.
4. It is equally dear that the minor child
has no rights which can interfere with that
of the purchaser, nemo hares viventis. Any
valid disposition of the property during the
life of the ancestor disposes of the poten
tial claims of the heir, which do not take ef
fect unul after the death of the ancestor,
and operate only on such title as remains
in him at his death.
5. The fee simple title being ested in
Mrs. Weikel, the child has no estate to con
flict with that which the purchaser at the
probate sale would acquire.
We therefore reiterate that there is noth
ing in the facts stated to us for our opinion
which would in the slightest degree throw 1
doubt o er the validity of the sale by the
guardian.
Yours truly,
Saii.es 5: Bassett.
The Brcnham District Joint Stock Asso
r:tion havinr; secured the services of Mr.
James A Wilkirs as agent, have remov ed
to his large and commodious Ware-house,
where cotton will be handled during the
ensuing stascn at o cents per bale. Oth
er freights at Ike reduced charges.
Wagons, Salt, Hour, .c will be kept fcr
the accommodation of all rations of the
House at Grange prices.
Ly. HALBERT, Frci't
Jun. 14 w 4 m.
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