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Bismark is making a move to
muzzle the press of Germany.
Four .members of congress
havedie'd in the last two weeds.
SmAll. pox has broken out in
Pudras jNegras many have
diedirom it
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FEAKCE.has had very heavy
"shows and railroads are block
aded in all "directions.
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"The demand oh the treasury
for gold at New York from ad
jacent cities is increasing.
It "is probable the John A.
Logan, will be elected United
Sta'tes senator from Illinois.'
Waelder, it is supposed will
be a candidate for the vacancy
caused by Mr. Schleicher's
death.'
The case of Gen. G. tW. C.
Lee , to recover the Arlington
estate,wilL begin, at Alexandria
on the sistinst.
Tiie cases of the State vs. A.
M. and B. M. Hobby are set for
trial in the GalveSton'Criminalj
court on the :29th instv
At San Francisco Troy Dye
was tried and found guilty of
murder in the first degree, for
"having killed A.M. Tullis.
"MAjOKsSeuniga and Sanchez
of tlie Mexican army had adif-.
ficultyat a ballat.Peidras.Nc
gras. Seuniga was killed.
D enison News: No trace has
yet been found of Mr. Nothafs
stolen chickens.
"He counted them nt dose of day.
But when the sun rose where i ere they.!"
The Dehison Nesos and the
Herald are Just now engaged on
the momentous question, -'Who
is the champion liar of the
world?"
A walking match between a
man and-a-horseisaow in prog
ress in Chicago. Geo. Guyon
has undertaken,;!in 52 hours to
outwalk the-stallion Hessing.
The lawyers and doctors of
Waco have held a meeting and
wHl petition the legislature to
repeal the a!cfB levying an occu
pation tax on their professions.
A Galveston News reporter
asked an, ex-city attorney a le-
gal conundrum the attorney
smiled and wanted a 525, fee for
' his legal opinion. It wasn't
paid.
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The governor, on Saturday,
received aHispatch from Speak
er Randall announcing the
death of Mr. Schleicher. An
election will be ordered to fill
the vacancy.
An Austin special to the Tel
gtam says Will Lambert will
probably be elected clerk of the
house. Will is a very popular
gentleman and will make an ef
ficient officer. '
Gov. Throckmorton, chair
man of the Pacific railroad com
mitttee will ask the houseito
assign separate days for consid
eration of the various bills. The
result is doubtful.
A number of Indian prisoners
at Fort-Robinson, Neb., attempt
ed to escape, when they were
fired upon and 40 killed; five
soldiers were wounded, two of
whom have since died.
The argument of senator
Voorhees that the trade dollar
should be recoined as speedily
as posible into standard silver
dollars accords with the general
sentiment ofthe people.
The StLouis Globe Democrat
publishes a special dispatch
from Madisonvillc, Texas de
tailing a shooting scrape.
There is no telegraph communi
cation with Madisonville.
The StLouis G.-D. is a very
witty paper. With the mucury
at zero it gets oft" the following:
Ice water and undue expos
ure to the rays of the sun should
be avoided as much as possible
in extreme weather like the
present.
Tun Houston Telegram says
the closing 01 the gap between
Orange and Vcrmillionville is
an assured fact. Col. Adams
and Major Converse arc now'at
Lake Charles with the corps of
engineers.
It is staied that King Alfonso
of Spain has sufficiently recov
ered from his recent grief to en
tertain the project of a new
matrimonial alliance. The ob
ject of new affection is Belgian
princess..
The Bellville Beacon, of last
week, contains a well written
editorial, in which very strong
grounds are-taken against teach
ing the German or any other
foreign language in the primary
schools.
i
A broken rail near Bedford,
Ark., on the Iron Mountain
road, threw the baggage and
express cars from the track.
Lockw ood, baggage-master, was
"killed and the express messen
ger seriously injured.
A writer in the Austin
Statesman says die rock, to be
aised in the construction of the
federal building is of good qual
ity and that the correspondent
of the1 News was entirely mista
ken when he said it was too soft
for the purpose intended.
Capital is,, it seems, seeking
investment The city of St
Louisl advertised $720,000 city
six. per cent, gold bonds for
sale; the result was that bids
amounting to over six and a half
million dollars were received.
The bonds were sold above par.
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The death of Caleb Cushing
leaves Jefferson Davis the only
survivingmembcr ofthe cabinet
of Franklin Peirce, which went
into office in 1S53, Vice presi
dent King died soon after his
election, making David R. Atch
ison, senator from Missouri,
vice president pto tern.
The Banner has at last re
ceived the holiday edition of
the "Denison Herald. It is a
mammoth paper; the portrait
illuslrations are only fair. The
proprietors are certainly ent
itled to great credit for the
enterprise displayed in getting
out this edition of their paper.
' 'From official returns it ap
pears that the forty-sixth con
gress, which comes into power
after the fourth of March next
will be composed as follows:
Democrats, 149; republicans,
I28; nationals or greenbackers,
10. It "seems that the-green-bacUers
have nothing to boast
of.
iN'the" Grayson murder case
at Palestine, the State entered a
nolle pros, as to Dupuly. The
other defendents were granted
a sevarance. James Quisenbery
was placed on trial and pleaded
not 1 guilty Twenty-five jury
man have been challenged for
cause and not a juryman ob
tained. In last week's Hempstead
Comiei sheriff Tom McDade,
of Waller county, published a
card reflecting in unmeasured
terms upon A. A. McBride of
Houston, calling him a liar and
'other choice names. McBride
has challenged McDade to fight,
naming Louisiana, opposite Or
ange, as the place.
The Afghan war is not quite
over. A Calcutta telegram says
on Tuesday last Gen. Roberts
finding the hostile tribes collect
ed in considerable numbers, at
tacked them with tllree small
columns and was completely
victorious. About 300 of the
enemy were killed. British loss
trifling.
The facility "with which
American prima donna's get
sick is now a subject of remark
itli the "newspapers. They are
advertised to sing on certain
night and people pay their
money to haer them, but if a
whim takes them they get sick
at a moments notice and fail to
put in an apcarance.
An enterprising and original
youth in Brenham files in the
edges o'f 20-cent pieces and then
passes them for 25 "cents. Den
ison Herald.
Our boys as as a general
thing are too honest to play
such a trick and those who arc
not so honest are too lazy to do
it. It's all a mistake, Bonham
is the town where this industry
js follow Cd,
BEEKHAM, WASHENGTOX COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY,
The funeral ceremonies o er
the remains of the late Julian
Hartridgc, representative from
Georgia, were held in the house
of representatives at Washing
ton on the 9th inst The cere
monies were very impressive
and w ere attended by the sen
ate, the vice president, the pres
ident and cabinet and the judges
of the supreme court.
The publication of Dr. Mc
Bryde's challangc to sheriff Tom
McDade, of Waller county,
created quite a breeze at both
Houston and Hempstead. The
Iclegtam says it is a strictly
private affair in which the pa
per takes no part. Dr. Mc
Bryde says he means business.
It is very likely that more will
be heard about this affair in a
few da)-s.
Secretary Schurz replies to
Gen. Sheridan's charges against
the Indian bureau and contends
that it is now in much better
condition and is in every res
pect much better managed than
when under control of the mili
tary. In conclusion the secre
tary regrets to have a contro
versy with an officer of Sheri
dan's reputation.
The Denison Hctald says on
Sunday night an Indian dance
took place eight miles east of
Colbert, I .T., at which a large
quantity of fighting whiskey was
devoured. As usnal in" such
cases there was a quarrel
knives and pistols wert freely
used one man, a half breed, and
an Indian woman were shot.
The man died.
Texas cattle do not stand
cold weather. The Chicago
Diovcrs' Journal, of December
24, says a consignment of
thorough Texans arrived here
this morning and were unload
ing when the thermometer was
12 below zero. The cattle pre
sented a pitable sight, very
gaunt, famished as they came
from the chutes with'the backs
arched, not unlike-the hump of
a camel.
The Chicago Tribune is exer
cised over the snub administer
ed to its favorite, Gen. Grant,
by the people of Cork on the
occasion of his recent visit
Grant is, or should be travelling
on his individual merits, and his
being snubbed amounts to no
more than if any other private
individual had been snubbed.
It can in no sense be construed
into a snub to the United
States.
An Austin special to the
News says there is talk of a
new superintendent for the
deaf and dumb asylum. The
management of that institution
has been obstructed by the crit
icism of the friends of the old
regime, ever since McCulloch
was appointed. There seems
to be a determination to bring
about rotation. Twenty-five
members and several senators
have already arrived.
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St. Louis city levied a tax
or license on the lawyers ; the
lawyers resisted payment; the
case was taken into court and
decided in favor of the city ; an
appeal was taken and the de
cision was reversed "by the su
preme court The consequence
is all the lawyers will have to
step up to the captain's office
and pay S25 per year license.
There is some 500 or 600 of
them in the city.
A special-to the News from
Greenwood, La., says train No.
4 from Marshall, was wrecked
by a broken rail. The Pomeroy
troupe was aboard. Miss Pome
roy and two others were ser
iously hurt while several other
members ofthe company were
badly bruised. A negro man
was kilted. When the coach
was overturned it caught fire
and was only saved by the
prompt action of the conductor.
A writer in the Columbus
Citizen thinks that keeping per
sons accused of crime in jail
from term to term has been tried
and found wanting. His idea
is that after a man has been
tried and convicted there should
be the end of the law in all
criminal cases. A trial by jury
should be final. Continuances
are much to blame, says he, in
many cases and justice is sw 111
dlcd out of her just dues.
IMirfitiVTWn
AwRiiERin the Denison Hti
uldurgcs the importance, neces
sity and profit of fruit grow ing
in Texas. He says, very truth
fully that ever- farmer should
raise some fruit for home con
sumption as the use of fruit is
a preventive of the bilious com
plaints incident to the climate.
Ke thinks the addition of a little
dried fruit in the winter season
"sets off' a table with bare
cornbread and bacon.
The Colorado Citizen did
not have a "hog-killing" time
last week, The weather was
excessively cold and its paper
was froze on the bank when
they were ready to print off the
outside. These inconveniences
were counterbalanced by a rush
of job work, yet in spite of all
these drawbacks the Citizen
came out with its usual compli
ment of excellent reading mat
ter. It is one of our very best
exchanges.
A special to the News from
Washington; 9th inst, says Mr.
Schleicher's illness is erysipelas
complicated with pneumonia.
He is not expected to live
through the night. This is sad
news, not only for the sixth dis
trict, but for the State at large.
Mr. Schleicher is not only one
ofthe ablest representatives but
one of the most prominent of
the very able Texas delegation.
During his congressional career
he has made a national reputa
tion. A Chicago dispatch says advi
ces have been received from Fort
Sill to the effect that the In
dians have been greatly discon
tented for some time and that
recently 2000 started southward
and were soon heard from dep
redating. There excuse was
that they had been starved at
the agency. The military were
sent after them, and they were
overtaken on the Texas and In
dian Territory boundary. Gen,
Sherdan telegraphed orders to
issue them beef.
A writer on finances has
lately undertaken to account for
the prevailing period of distress.
He attributes all to the waste of
human life prodigal expendi
ture, and stagnation of com
merce consequent thereon
during the wars of the past
eighteen years. He estimates
the cost of the European and
American wars for that period
at a grand total $11,970,000,
000 or in round numbers at
nearly twelve billion dollars
six times the amount of our
present national debt.
Senator Beck called up the
resolutions submitted by him
relative to the amount of silver
received in payment of custom
dues and what desposition was
made of it. The senator said
secretary Sherman, had not
answered the resolution as a
public officer should do. He
well knew he had not paid a
dollar of silver as interest on the
public debt. Beck spoke of
Sherman as Che autocrat of the
treasuery department and said :
"Congress ought to see to it
that the laws are executed in
the interest of the people."
There has been great com
plaint that the lawyers have en
tirely too much preponderance
in legislative bodies. It is
claimed that a legislature should
as near as possible be a repre
sentative body. Massachusetts
has a legislature composed as
follows: Mechanics, 2i7't mer
chants, 36; manufacturers, 33;
lawyers, 29; farmers, 27; doc
tors. 6; editors, 3; clergymen,
3; baker, 1; billposter, 1; and
undertaker, 1. It will be seen
by this that all classes are well
represented. With such a leg
islature there should be no class
legislation.
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The Texas Christian Advo
cate referring to the theft of
$27,000 by Reed, the Galveston
bank cashier, says there is no
doubt that gambling was at the
bottom of the affair. It says
that "private club rooms" are to
blame. The Nezcs says the
friends of Mr. Reed have no ex
planations to offer and are non
plussed. The latent news from
the absconding cashier is a dis
patch from O. S. Eaton dated
Hcarne, stating that Reed had
passed up the road as far as
Groesbecck on Tuesday and
said he had a ticket for Denison
and told him he was bound for
St. Louis,
tTJWMKT.-.U--.Wm l.-MUTTT
IVlld Cat Stato Monoy-
A few w ecks ago the" Dallas
Herald came forward with the
proposition that Texas should
at once inaugurate a sy
about to beadoptecTt
i. c. the issuing of state
of small denomination av
inr a low rate of in.
same to be receivajfc
and to circulate as mullij w
the state. At the time the
Bvnnlr noticed the proposition
and stated that it did not think
the idea a feasible one. The
Houston Tclegiam in reverting
to the subject has this to say
and we fully agree with it:
Some-people who scent good
chances for many profitable
jobs and paying speculations in
the project, are proposing that
the state government shall go
into the paper money business
by issuing bonds or other paper
promises to pay which shall be
current in the state as money
and be receivable for state dues.
Of course the prime object of
the scheme is to give the brok
ers and paper shavers a chance
to buy up this shinplastcr cur
rency at a discount and sell it to
tax-payers at a profit, and since
the state government seems to
be a mere machine for manu
facturing profits and plunder for
somebody doubtless this scheme
will find many promoters; but
as the country has just reached
specie resumption through the
ruins of half its commercial and
industrial interests, for God's
sake let us stick to our specie
and not reopen the way for a
repetition of these horrors.
With all the gold and silver in
the country turned into legal
tender money, the busines can
be transacted, and any proposi
tion looking to the involving of
the state's credit in a wild cat
banking operation should be
sternly frowned down, and will
be, except by those people who
want to make money out ofthe
state at the public expense.
Death of Sohleioher
Hon. Gustav bchleicher died
at Washington on Friday night
at 1 1 o'clock. In his death Tex
as losc's one of her ablest men.
His illness was of brief duration.
The following brief sketch of
his life is from the Houston
Telegram :
Mr. Schleicher was born at
Darmstadt, Germany, Novem
ber 19. 1823, and was educated
at the university of Gcissen.
After leaving school he devoted
himself to civil engineering as a
profession, and was engaged in
the construction of several Eu
ropean railways. He came to
Texas in 1847, and after some
years spent on the frontier he
settled in San Antonio in 1850.
Having become a citizen of the
state and his ability attracting
the attention of his fellow citi
zens, represented them success
ively in the lower and upper
houses of the state legislature,
serving so until 1861, and al
ways as a democrat. He. was
elected to the forty-fourth, forty
fifth and forty-sixth congress of
the United States, and in the
two former, the last congress
having not yet assembled, Mr.
Schleicher made his mark and
rapidly came to be looked on
as a strong man in the national
egislature, His election to the
forty-sixth congress was a sig
nal triumph since it w as a victo
ry over one of the ablest men
in some respects of his own
party in Western Texas." His
home is at Cuero, in DeWitt
county.
The St.Louis Ttade Journal
says that less than ten years
ago the idea of making StLouis
a prominent cotton market was
looked upon as impracticable,
yet in that brief time the trade
in cotton has continued to grow.
Cotton is shipped there from
Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee
Louisiana, Mississsippi and Ala
abama. Dealers in goods for
the southern markets, commis
sion merchants and cotton fac
tors begun by making strenu
ous efforts to secure the ship
ment of cotton io that city. By
persistant effort they have been
successful and the receipts have
grown year by year from less
than 20,000 bales in 1870 to
347,628 bales in 1878. The
receipts are probably the larg
est of an interior point in the
country. A great deal of cot
ton from Northern Texas goes
to StLouis which should find
its wny to the factories by way
of Galveston.
A singular and unaccount
able explosion occurred in the
car shops at Ilarrisburg. Wm.
Maberly was tightening a nut
on the hot air tank of a parlor
car, when the tank exploded
tearing one end to atoms and
very severely injuring Maberly.
The theory is that nitro glycer
ine was maliciously placed in
the tank.
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STATE NE1VS.
Burnet has a lady post
mistress, Mrs Coffee.
Saloon whiskey was frozen
amiltohcounty recently.
lling and sleighing
Thursday last.
Bulletin now
int under-
salc
of canamHbn
Monday
Bad roads
usincss
exceedingly dull
in Columbus
last w eek.
Comanche is soon to be
visited by a dramatic or travel
ling show.
The Burnet county gins
have ginned out 1S7S bales of
cotton this season.
James T. Foley, a promi
nent druggists of Houston, died
on Saturday last.
Owls are are in bad luck.
A wounded one was captured
by boys near Houston.
About twenty tramps were
"rousted" out of the freight
cars at the Denison depot on
Monday.
A firm at Tyler .has al
ready put up about 300 tons of
Texas ice. This is a new branch
of industry.
At Comanche there was
two inches of snow which laid
on the ground for several days
before melting.
The municipal canvass in
San Antonio in getting very
warm and much bad feeling is
being engendered.
In the. vicinity of Fort
Worth the crop of wheat is
much larger than last year.
The snow is beneficial.
Cars are now running from
Denison to Pottsville, twelve
miles from Denison; the objec
tive point is Whitesboro.
About $400 has been rais
ed in Sherman to defray the ex
penses of the members of state
grange, which meets on the 14th
inst.
Several deaths have oc
curred at McKinney from pneu
'monia. The cold weather is
producing much distress and
sickness.
Wm. Henderson, a com
positer on the-Houston Telegtem
took laudanum on Saturday,
but by timely assistance was
saved.
An unknown man com
mitted suicide in Seguin on
new year's day by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with a
razor.
Burnets county's receipts
for 187S were $2527.03 in excess
of its expenditures, yet county
scrip is only worth 50 cents on
the dollar.
A gentlemen went to the
Alamo faro bank in Denison
and while intently watching the
manipulation ofthe checks had
his pocket picked of $20.
The yield of sugarin Uval
de county will average from
1700 to 1S00 pounds per acre,
while the usual amount of mo
lasses will be of high grade.
It costs the city of Waco
'$11,566 per year for its munici
pal government, including gas
and water. This does not in
clude public improvements.
At Houston mud is abun
dant, soft and deep, plank side
walks continue td disappear
and pedestrians have a hard
time getting around at night.
The prairies to the west of
Fort Worth are now a vast ex
panse of snow. There has been"
great destruction among cattle
and sheep, principally the lat
ter. There is wide-spread com
plaint of lack of wood in our
city during this "spell of weath
er," says the Colorado Citizen.
It was the same here only more
so.
Navasota has shipped 12,
25S bales of cotton this season,
against 8400 same time lastyear.
The oil mill has shipped 650
barrels of oil and 2400 sacks of
cotton seed oil cake the present
season.
Sales of real estate in Colo
rado county were quite exten
sive last month; the Citizen pub
lishes nearly a column list of
transfers. Prices range from $4
to $15 per acre.
JANUARY 17, 1879.
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Cattle to the west of Co
manche arc suffering severely,
since the snow fell, completely
covering the heavy grasses,
cayotes come into the town of
Comanche, driven by hanger.
The Hamilton Herald says
a Mexican lion was killed on
Lampasas creek, measuring 8
feet 10 inches from the tip of his
nose to the end of his tail. His
height was 2 feet 1 1 inches.
Prof. Schwarz, who is con
nected the commission for the
tliti investigation ofthe cotton
worm in the Southern states is
now in Columbus. He is dis
tributing circulars to planters
with printed questions.
There arc two brothers,
twins, living in Ellis county,
who, about a year ago, married
two sistcrSj also twins. The
sisters have recently presented
the brothers with twin children.
Each one possesses a boy and
girl.
John Diegle, son of M.
Diegle, a thrifty farmer of Vic
toria county, was out driving up
cattle when his horse, a very
spirited animal, took fright and
ran into the timber throwing
him against a tree and killing
him almost instantly.
A man going by the name
of Wm. Bradford, who had been
stopping at the Tremont house
in Galveston for a month past,
on Saturday last committed
suicide by taking opium. Noth
ing concerning his identity is
known. His right name is sup
posed to have been King.
Wm. Thompson, one of
the largest sheep-owners in
Uvalde county was found dead
in his camp, with several bullet
holes iu head and body. His
two herders, one a Mexican and
the other an American were
both found dead, each shot
through the back.
"Hawkins, the Hellian,"
is the caption of a local in the
Dallas Herald. Hawkins, it
seems, is a very hard case; he
is the champion dead beat of
Dallas. His latest adventure
was deserting his dying wife at
Des Moines, Iowa.
A Pilot Point special to
the News says it is reported that
an emigrant party consisting of
husband wife and two childred
were frozen to death between
Sherman and Pilot They were
in destitute circumstances and
had not even a blanket
John O. Greer, who killed
his uncle and a deputy sheriff
near Pattison lately, arrived at
Hempstead on Thursday even
ing and was placed in jail. He
was captured by a man named
Addington in Karnes county.
Greer speaks confidently of
coming clear.
Braman, the young lawyer,
who made such an ineffectual
attempt to commit suicide, se
cured a sheet from the bed in
his room and tearing it into
shreds made a rop'e by which
he lowered himself from the
window. " He was found and
brought back.
The Central morning
north-bound train was wrecked,
on Wednesday, three miles be
low Ennis. The passengers
were slightly bruised. Mr. and
Mrs Martin, en route from Waco
to Sedalia, were seriously in
jured. The sleeper and coach
were thrown from the track.
The San Antonio Express
chronicles the arrival in that
city of a number of Mexican
emigrants, who are en route to
New York where they propose
making a fortune by making
and selling tunales. They travel
in carts drawn by donkeys,
mules and delapidated horses.
The Hempstead Couriei
gives a birds-eye view of that
"most beautiful" city and winds
up by saying, "there are more
pretty girls in Hempstead than
in any other town of its size
this side of the equator and
each one of them has her
mouth just set right to say, ask
pa,
The Austin Statesman says
thousands of fish could be seen
on the shoals from the bridge,
they were from three inches to
a foot in length. Several years
ago the government stocked the
Colorado river w ith salmon and
shad, and these fish, now ap
pearing by thousands, are sup
posed to be the result.
Tno. C Bacon who wasi
arrested in San Antonio some
two weeks ago, on a warrant
charging him with libel on Ben,
Thompson, of Austfn, is yet iln
jail being unable to give bond.
Thompson has not appeared to
prosecute and much indigna
tion is expressed in San. An
tonio at Bacon being keptiri
jail.
Mr. D. T. Searcy, of Waco,
went to his stable to feed his
favorite horse. He laid his
pocketbook containg $86 in
greenbacks on the trough and
forgetting all about it went to
breakfast. Upon his return to
the stable he found that the
horse had not only ate up his
food but the pocket book green
backs and all.leaving only a little
remnant of leather.
Bellville Beacon: Austin
county contributes five inmates
to the state institution at Hunts
ville two whites and three ne
groes On Monday last the
prisoners confined in our jail
made the second attempt at
demolishing the structure; they
succeded in getting out of the
dungeon and werc then satisfied.
The jury in the case of Gardner
charged with rape, failed -to
agree and the prisoner was re
leased on bond. Four divorces'
were granted.
About a week ago an or
gan grinder 4'named Ross was
garrotedand robbed of $14 at
Richmond. A man named
Phipps was arrested and the
money found on his person.
The grand jury being in session
a true bill was found, Phfpps
was put upon trial, convicted
and his punishment assessed at
5 years in the penitentiary.
Another indicment was hanging
over him and on a plea of guil
ty he was given two years more.
This is dispensing justice
speedily.
The Denison Hctald re
ports a very sad accident Mrs
Farmer, a young married wo
men about 18 years of age who.
lives near Little Mineral was so
severely burned last Friday that
she died next day. She was
standing with her back to the
fire place when her clothing-
took fire. She toolc a quilt
from the bed andattempted to
extinguish the flames; not suc
ceeding she run out of thehouse.
for fear of setting fire to the cra
dle where her baby was sleep
ing. A neighbor came to her
assistance but too Iateto be of
any benefit
The Denison Neuis tells a
wonderful story about a new ar
rival in that wonderful city. A
man from the north, aged about
fifty years registered at one of
the hotels and told his story:
For the last twenty-five years'
he had supported himself by
following the profession of a
pickpocket He graduated at a
London school of theivery.1
Had served in Sing Sing and
Joliet penitentiaries. Fouryears
ago "lie. met an only brother
whom he had not seen in many
years. He was persuaded to
quit stealing. The reformed
gentleman visits Texas for the
purpose of buying land and en
gaging in farming.
It will not take very long to
demonstrate to public satisfac
tion that for some crimes tlie-whipping-post
is the only effec
tual punishment Imprisonment
never produces a feeling of
shame in the criminal, but the
whipping-post unquestionable
has that effect; and our social
scientists will before long doubt
less arrive at that conclusion.
Victoiia Advocate.
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"Does the razor go easy?"
asked a barber of a victim who
was writhing under a clumsy
instrument, whose chief recom
mendation was a strong handle,
"Well," replied the poor fellow
"that depends upon what you
call the operation. If you are
skinning me, it goes tolerably
easy, but if you are shaving; it
goes pretty d m hard."
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An American has been pro
hibited from lecturing in Berlin
upon the "Advantages of Amer
ica" upon the ground that he
would encourage a large emi
gration from Germany.
Over $10,000 has been appro
priated by the council of Cam
den, N. J., during the past six
months for the poor of that
city.
Apples from Massachusetts
sells from $7 to $S a barrel at
St Petersburg. The czar prob
ably has set the fashion in dumplings.
WW
sTho Xashionao
'Thero-. loofraCthifcladvl
ralu, Iliac makes..in ..- rrrrf7!
'since I've been in towa to-day
I've seen 'em do tftaC-
"lM what, maj'" f ' '
, " Whyf reach, over and, snatch
up their'skirts and then mAe
off as grantl as a'queen. hit
queen was iSafahy that ,shov -cd
off- sa thatjung Solomcm
writ a songabofclier2 But th?'
mustbe thev'ery fektest.fashpn
"Why, flicy-wer'teai doing
that ma, tor ever -sowng.
"Is that so? WeB. that's- cer
.erally'the way hcreriiiL Missu J
n, most everybody get
good of the latest.
fore we do. JfcJow wa
Sarah, and see if,rdGit in the
correct stvlc
"Goodness, ma. yditcan't do
itj you. are too fat" -
"Too fat, am I?- oa'il s--e
that your ma is goia' & do n -erything
that ig nv-iiejashion
Ttfowlook,,Sr8A "
The motliefasuBai&tial lady
cxY ?nn nmtrWJc " iraiitvvitii-wue
measure"d.theTdS6cec.th- hoa
eye between -lief ftuid and the1
ample skirt beneath It She
was resolute, nbjStvSMahI the
dauthger, was.feswfiil. Ihe first
grab was notsuccessfbl
"Now, ma, don'r-SrySfcymore.
You can't do-jf. ,TSpo are too
fat Don't trvf-Jyajtll break
something." -'-
But whatMissouniiKsaan of
ambition was e verdetcinted from
the enjoyment vortbe vsy lat
est quirks -otJSggfi&h. A tri
fling break? StrftefWrder.
than ever. "bol'lSe?' more .she.
tried the-iore,i&e could not
reach it, Shegasjfed, but felj
encouraged.. , - 1
"MaJ'saiditesiaacioiis
ter, "thejv bflt. Tt up wit
kick thiawaifcsdfcetimes.'- anfl
she illustrated jEhe'! fashionable
motion of ttadcpts.
The motlndifctaed it," but did
uotsucceeo. - - i
"That so&fttt kick may do
for snips "ef MBS, Sarah, but
your mother bo Jt. an J 1
don.t recki
sensible.
frisky like
even, if i
"Well;
get home!
anybody
you needn't'caifif'-if somethi
does break.
J'LTnight never havelaaotha
chance 0 show Jem I caa
itf-as gobd,-a die feshionabM
and I m-bound t&do it in sll
whethec tfcmgs break or.
xoaii see me 'do $ tjis
5arah. - e
""Uutsad'to relate,
agahu Thhigs did
such an extent that 1
dauthepwere foe
a doorvVayaDxL. 1
When.tthey
the street
feat accoraj
mother t
V "Thaifft
that fashion
get home.
porciLis
lookingj-FJ
erycor,
law ful f 33
utts, pieaau'e
it IS lmpnsl-
blffl6"Iay,dow any fixed anJ
general rutej' bt we may confi
dentiy-say juat wnarever is
found to uniitr-you ior religious
duties, or to interfere with the
performanteof them, wliatev er
dissipates" your mind or
the fervor of your devotion
whatever indisposes you to read
your "Bibles or to engage in
prayer, whereerthe thought of
a bleeding Saiitnir or of a holy
Godr of tWsS'weof death ot of
thedayof jwferaeat faBs fake a.
mlfl shadMran voUr niovmcat
.thepfeaswtsrwBKa you c&isrot
i. . .. jt.
thanfe God tot. on wmch you
cannot asJt His blessing, whose
fecoBectioB?.21 launt a dv ing
bed, attdpfant sharp thorns 7rT
its -MMMtaW BtUow these are
'no't forOT. These eschew in
thesa le-pB'Contormed to the
woridrOt'trans&rTneti by th.;
reneT&g "or yoaTvTBinds-
"ffewii ,flot taste not, handle
nbt rJefcergo where y&acaa
not. fsR'.iGodv.'to go with you,
nevar JjfiHdHere you w ould
not" 18 death to-fifid you, ne;-cr
induilgejii gr .-pleasure" w. hich
willaeiliesjr 4he morriing'sr Ve-
spoiatfcj.frj. jbe jfrorld not
from lis spatf-owyy -out eve
irom JW.5HSBKTOOS. J-1-
" 521 3.. d-
RATStSIxHfr Killed bi
C&TAfe at kills raJ
SnaKS--!rsM oiias
keK-awweearno-is reoa
ingd!tN the-uiia
posite. SWap me cat i
es theatsaBBi taey uncci is
start-stoTlsiide onVtheni raj
andcatehesthnJbyS the bd
of tfce aeck, chefng the vefl
bne. tin the snakes are ue
and'wfth Ws'daws tearing k
any cesUiaf may be 'U:
around h body:r He
ready killed "'several.
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v I 1 FH 1
There -vere ofjCT I
m XNew rone--last year,i
men and 22.20omea
mainV for tlrnakainess..
cwwwesai
ntMSfei won
thl:ititt
iJftfeiashio
lefsait
tesimmw
z&zTmm
puanca assmsrr ra
eoIafo:HGiGe to "C
Bgte-agpfc, till v 1
JSMJJBcfifthat bat!
cteaiMKaKass noboc
UHB it busts cv
XHHHpFSt UDUb
IiflHLtne
of MBflP-lfen;
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