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pr6ceedmgs'were harmonious.
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lucounty Florida, feaavassihg.
Loardhawt escaped from the
Jacksonville cotmty jaiL j-
THEjpjete for the 'Hous
ton EaiSaidr'Wes&exas Nar
rrow Gauge -tauway are again
brightening." Itseems o take
periodicTjpSfeof getting bright
Tint republicans, nominated
-Matt- I?. Caipenterfbr, United
States senator from Wisconsin.
Conkhngiiafibecn re-elected
United Steles aenatorjrom'New
York; , " i I
OE orU? "f our country'
exchanges seeni to have read
tarefutly tie .BdUfSKK's remarks
"abflbt local qews and are brigh
ttning up a Ifelte- in that partic
ular. - j
TEEHuntsville Jtemt displays
good taste, in copying items
from' the BANXEEbut bad taste
in not giving4' credit' for them.
The Banner lias become- used
to this' "v"" ''
Ta2 contmttee-pn cdnstitu-
onal amendments have "tieci-
1 Ucu to report layorably. on
liraendmeni to exempt farm
products in the hands of pro
ducers from taxation.
A STEAKE& 'has; just sailed
from Boston for Havana with
- a full cargo nd United States
maiL This is an expe'rimental
trip, and if successful, a regular
line wfll be.esabKshed.
SEKA-raRGHRISTTANCV- of
Michigan wfll resign his seat in
the United States senate to ac-
. cepta, rmissiori to Peru. Zack
ChandleirwttVit islthought, be
s elected to fill the'1 ivaoancy,
Eluson-Kielt, of Newberry,
S. C, sued the New York
- Times for 50000 damages for
libel. The. .case was tried in
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"New York and the plantiff was
given a.'erdiqt for 6 cents.
Senator Maxey sends a tele
gram to C. B. Sabin, at Galves-
lon, announcing ins connnnauon
as postmaster-of that cityt the
telegram" concludes laconically:
"Continue (tobe a good oficerj'
The Chicago excursionists
5 have arrived at the city of Mex
ico, and on the 23d the exhibi
tion of American -samples,
brought by the deputation, was
formally opened by President
' DiaKi
AdVicrsrJrom Rao Janeiro to
the 7th inst, statethat drouth
and small is pox increasing in
northeast provinces. 473 deaths
of smallpox iirthe capital of the
.province of Ceara, in twenty
days.
c A Kikg of Bulgaria'' has not
yetbecn elected; Prince Alex
ander, ofBottenburg, isthefa
cvonte of the assembly. It will
thusbe seen thatGrant's chances
for"a-crown arenjl gone by the
board.
The, .Russian and Turkish
jgovernments agreed to the
clause of definite treaty of peace
stipulating that the Russians
shall evacuate Turkey within
thirty-five days of the signature
of the treaty.
Ik jeply 0 the remark of -au-
oteer newspaper that "a littTe
. Jw"03 hanging in Texas
J& would prfejjealthful to ocie-
ly, me iviarsnau 7OTsaysa
- . siTgfit bejiiadc.
Sar - .iia.k
Tun Sherman Rcgisla says
there is not a vacant dwelling
house in that city. It is the
samc in Brcnhamand nearly
every other live tou n in Texas,
and hat is better the country
is keeping pace with the towns
and cities.
The capital building at Aus
tin is in such a delapidatcd con
dition that it was deemed unsafe
to have the inauguration ball in
the hall of the house of reprej
sentatives. Texas is certainly
large enough to have a good
state house.
Four six.-pound brass how-
itzens have arrived at Bryan for
sthc Agricultural and Mechani
cal college
Good, gracious! Are we to
'have war?i4Has brass howitzers
anything to do with agriculture!
ormechanics?
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G&evtstons "pet vagrant,-
Col. Horace Yammer, who has
been off Cifa cruise on one of the
mosquito fleet has returned to
his old range, aad5 as -usual has
been interviewed" by a Nezus
commissioner especially depu
ted for that purpose.
The weekly' bank statement
of the associated bank-of New
York for.last week shows an in
crease in specie of ";87,ioo and
an increase in deposits of J?3,
390,000. The- figures indicate
that resumption is working
.smoothly and satisfactorily.
The Galveston Journal of
Commerce in its last editfon
publishes a handsometut of the
new Galveston Cotton Ex
change; which hasjjust been
completed. The building is
jeryTiandsome and is an orna
ment to the Island city.
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The Dallas Commetcial says
Miss Pomeroy, who was injured
by an accident on the Texas
and Pacific railway some days
ago, is improving slowly, but
her hopes of appearance on the
stage again this season are very
slim. Her dates in Texas will
be cancelled.
"-The attempt of the Texas
legislature to, tamper with the
financial problem is a useless
'expenditure of time and money
and can result in no good.
The federal government is
abundantly able to handle this
obstruse subject.
The Teller committee is in
session s.t Charleston, S. C.
They have examined several
negro witnesses who testified to
crookedness on the part of the
democrats. Several democrats
testified to the general good
behavior of the colored people.
The directory of the A. and
LM. college, held a meeting at
Austin on Friday. The pro
ceedings were harmonious and
the institution is reported to be
in a flourishing condition. The
colored college will.it is thought,
be declared a failure and dis
banded. Elizabeth Cadv Stanton,
Susan Authony and others have
again come to the front and
presented a petition to the Uni
ted States Senate asking a con
stitutional amendment, to pro
hibit the several states from
disfranchising-persons on ac
count of sex.
Greenbackism is on the wane
in Galveston. A meeting was
called at'Emmett hall for Thurs
day night, but, in the language
of the ifcar.-the greenbackers
failed to materialize. Some
came to the hall, but finding it
in darkness departed in disgust.
Tlie greenback race is run.
The local oa the Sherman
Register is a "dogorned" poet,
that is he writes poetry about
dogs. His opening verse reads,
"A man he had an ugly dog,"
half a dozen lines of similarly
beautiful verse follow. He ex
plains that some of the lines
don't rhyme very well, but ex
cuses himself upon the ground
that they arc true.
The Indian question seems to
be a very difficult one to settle,
the joint committee on thc ad
visability of transferring the
management of the Indian ser-
'vice to the war department, had
a meeting and voted 4 in favor
of and 4 against the transfer.
The matter is now no nearer a
.settlement than it was before
thecommittee was appointed,-'
BREKHAM, WASHIN-GTCOT COUNTY, TEXAS, FRmAgySTUABY 31, 1879
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The bill introduced in the
house by Mr. Upton to increase
the penalty for earning con
cealed weapons to S200 and
giving half the fine to the in
former is a good one. Such a
law thoroughly and impartially
enforced ould perhaps break
up the now too prevalent habit
of "packing" pistols.
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The British Medical Journal
says great alarm prevails in
Eastern Europe over the rapid
spread up the Volga river, in
south-eastern Russia, of an ex
tremely fatal disease, believed
to be the plague brought to Rus
sia by-two regiments of Cos
sacks, The disease spreads very
rapidly and but few recover.
A-r.TAL shooting occurred
in Wayne county, Mississippi.
Three negroes had a misunder
standing with three white men,
brothers, named Gamblin; the
Gamblins were ambuscaded by
the negroes, who fired on them,
wounding two and fatally injur
ing the third. The Gamblins
returned the fire, killing two of
the negroes.
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Mr. Estes, a member of the
house of representatives at
Austin, seems anxious to estab
lish a reputation as a financier
and with this laudable object in
view, he' introduced a. bill to"
make Mexican coin a legal
tender in Texas for all dues,
public and private, except oth
erwise provided by contract.
He might as well include Chi
nese and other foreign coin.
The Dallas Commctcial is at
a loss to account for the motives
of Reed, the defaulting Galves
ton bank cashier. Reed had an
easy position "and a salary of
S5000 per year, and so far there
is no known cause for his run
ning away. It may have been
pure cussedness on his part, or
he may have become involved
in a scrape that would not re
dound to his credit.
Rev. D. G. Gregory retires
from the editorial tripod of the
LaGrange Record, though he
retains his proprietaryinterest
R.J. Andrews mounts the raw
hide bottom editorial chair and
promiees to make the paper in
teresting. He says he is young
and inexperienced. The path
of the country editor is not
strwen with roses; nor is he lia
ble to grow suddenly rich,
The Banner is in receipt of
the .Febuary number of the
American Agticulturest; this old
and favorite magazine is now in
its 38th year. The present
number has the usual and var
ied amount of interesting and
instructive matter and in addi
tion has many fine illustrations.
It is published by the Orange
Judd Company, 245 Broadway,
New York at the low price of
5150 peryezr.
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The public schools, as now
conducted, outside of the cities
in Texas are generally pro-'
nounced to be not only a fail
ure but a fraud upon the com
munity. The system under
which they are operated is said
to be worthless. The Banner
will have something to say on
this subject in a few days. It
is in favor of an efficient sys
tem of public free schools for
the counties.
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Morrison Renshaw, a repor
ter of the StLouis Globe Dem
ocrat, was put in jail for con
tempt by the judge of the crim
inal court. He attempted to
get out by an appeal to a high
er court, but it was decided
that he stay in jail until purged
of the contempt, if it takes his
natural life time. He published
sorncthing. that had transpired
in the grand jury room and re
fused to give his informant.
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People whose annual taxes
.state, and county-1- do riot
amount to more than five or ten
dollars 'complain that they are
taxed to death; the richer class
of people whose taxes are much
higher are not a whit behind
their poorer neighbors in their
complaints. A large majority
of the poorer or small tax pay
ers find means to spend ten
times- the amount of their
taxes for whiskeyand toba-co
and have the time to spare to
drink .the whiskey. This of
course is their own business,
but they should do a little less
grumbling and a little more
vorkt
In Houston the order of the
Knights of Honor is in a pros
perous condition. There is now
some two hundred members of
the order in the city. On Sat
urday night one lodge had six
teen applications far member
ship. So far there has been but
one death. The average cost
per member last year upon death
assessment was about Sio a
cheap insurance, says the Telc
gtam. A. & M. College. A corres
pondent of the Waco Examiner
regards the Agricultural and
Mechanical college as an im
mense and very hungry ele
phant He thinks it should be
what its name imports a school
to make farmers and mechanics
and to dignify labor. The wri
ter had not neard of the six
pound brass howitzers. He calls
upon Grangers to come to the
reicue.
Extensive preparations arc
being made in Galveston for
tlie coming- Mardi Gras celebra
tion on February 25th. It is
intimated by the ATezus that the
occasion will be one of unusual
splendor, neither pains nor ex
pense having been spared in pro
viding the most brilliant cos
tumes and parapharnelia for the
occasion. Invitations will be is
sued early in February.
Congressman Reagan's bill
regulating railroads having pass
ed the house, a Boston Globe
reporter was detailed to iterview
the leading railroad men. As
might have been expected the
railroad men are bitterly oppos
ed to any legislation on the sub
ject, taking the ground that
congress might as well attempt
to regulate the sale of goods as
the tariff" of railroads. Such a
law, they say, would only lead
to additional complications of a
matter that is already very much
complicated.
Mr. Sledge, the distinguish
ed colored member from Wash
ington county, has come to the
front; he has introduced a hill
in the house. He wants every
body to save his bacon, and
with this object in view he wish
ed a law passed, exempting from
forced sale 200 bushels of corn
and 500 pounds of bacon per
each and every family. Mr.
Gay, also colored, and from this
county, has not yet been heard
from, but jie too, will no doubt
soon present a bill.
The Dallas Herald has a
good one on Judge Norton, the
lately defeated radical candi
date for governor. It says be
sides being postmaster he pub
lishes a daily 'newspaper known
as Norton's Intelligencer, though
the fact is not generally known.
Several of the faithful in Bren
ham take Norton's paper,
though there never was any
news in it Ed. On Monday
,the Judge received his re-appointment
as postmaster, and
felt so happy over it that he at
once sat down and wrote a lead
ing editorial on "Brood Sows."
The Houston Telegram ob
jects to the whipping post as
the relic of a past age, and also
on account of its barbarity. If
men or women steal they should
suffer the consequences. I f the
law passes and men or women
steal, they will do it with a
knowledge of what awaits them.
Under existing circumstances
honest people who work and
pay their taxes are charged with
the support of petty thieves in
tlie county jails. As between
the post and the jail, tlie only
question is shall the rogues or
the honest people suffer.
An Austin special to the
News gives the following: Sher
iff Wilson, of Palo Pinto coun
ty, who came hereto attend the
sheriffs' convention and got on ,
a protracted spree. On the 23d
about midnight he passed some
men on the sidwalk in front of a
Congress avenue saloon. Some
man making a remark which he
construed as an insult, he drew
his pistol and began firing.shooU
ing three times. One ball struck
Sam Ball, city marshal of Sher
man, mangling his finger; an
other destroyed his watch, the
third struck a Mr. Ellison, in
flicting a serious wound. While
shooting, Ball and others open
ed fire, killing him on the spot.
The coronors jury justified Ball
who was released.
The Waco Examine says,
the members of the State
Grange at Sherman-, were n
body of earnest, devoted and
almost enthusiastic representa
tives, each one a host in him
self. Its animus shows that the
grange is so far from being dead
is just beginning to Jive. Ac
cording to the reports of the
secretary, tlie number 01 live,
active granges in the State may
simply be placed at 500.
The Sedalia (Ma,) Democrat
is earnestly advocating the es
tablishment of the whipping
post in Missouri, It says:
Honest people, in this State
arc getting heartily sick and
tired of feeding and clothing,
from ycar'snd to" year's end, a
lot of lazy vagabonds vwho steal
to get into jail, and who steal
just enough to keep out of the
penitentiary. Right here, in
this town of Sedalia, there are a
dozen jail birds who will have
to be supported for a whole
year, at the rate of fifty cents a
day, and who, when their time is
out, will, in a majority of instan
ces, make haste to get back
again to their comfortable quar
ters. In Texas it is much the same;
there are but few jails in the
state that are empty.
N. A. T., the veracious cor
respondent of the Galveston
News has been on a hunt to the
Big Thicket in Liberty county.
He tells what he saw. He says
the "Big Thicket" is the "hell
roaringest" place he ever got
into. The people are all tallow-faced
pot-bellied and have
the chills. They live entirely
on game cooked by frying!
corn-dodgers and fried bacon.
The deduction is that no smart
man was ever raised on fried
bacon and corn bread. He
found a majority of the people
in tlie thicket very ignorant,
poorly housed and worse cloth
ed. The probability is that if
N.A. T. goes back to the
thicket and the boys catch him
that they will put a head on him
that would do honor to a gov
ernment mule.
The Philadelphia Sunday Met
cury, of recent date, contains an
able editorial upon "our finan
ces," from which we extract the
following concluding paragraphs
which contain a world of truth:
"It would have been much
better lor the interests of the
people of the United States, high
and low, nch and poor, and for
the national honor, had Congress
abstained altogether from tink
ering with the question of fin
ance. It is a subject which is
at all times difficult to handle
judiciously, even when sagacious
clear-headed and honest states
men undertake tlie labor; but
under existing conditions its in
tricacies become more than ever
formidable and therefore its fur
ther discussion at this time can
not be too earnestly and gener
ally deprecated.
Where an effect, w hethcr good
or evil, is the result of natural
causes, it is always safe, and,
indeed, advisable, to rely upon
similar agencies to work a reme
dy. Had this truth been recog
nized sooner with regard to this
matter of the national finances,
much wasted time might have
been saved, much foolish and
truitless legislation avoided, and
an era of renewed prosperity
and happiness long since made
possible."
At 10 c'clock on Friday
night a fire was discovered in
the brick building used as a
store-house and office by the
lessees of the penitentiary in
Huntsville. Everything, inclu
ding the books was lost. Col.
Ward's fine dwelling was also
destroyed and the penitentiary
building narrowly escaped the
same fate. The total loss is es
timated at 575,000, The Gal
veston Nctos' correspondent lost
all his effects except his "pray
er book" and a pair of slippers.
We congratulate him on savirg
his prayer book to a newspa
per man a prayer book is as in
dispcnsiblc as a' pencil.
" The Denison Herald fa
vors the whipping post in an ed
itorial a column in length. The
Lampasas Dispatch, the Mexia
Ledger, and in fact nearly all
the respectable and influential
papers in Texas arc in favor of
it;" so says the Brenham B nner.
The Herald has for more than
tu o years been advocating the
whipping post, and we are very
glad to see so many of our best
State exchanges arc advocating
the same measure. We recog
nize in the Banner one of the
oldest and most persistent ad
vocates of the post in the State.
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Senate, Jan.
committees:
Bill to protcc
operatives of.
insure tjay'wi
Recommending appoinua
of joint committM- to iav
crate penitentiatt at Rusk
Huntsville". if
Bills and -resolutions intro
duced. Executivesession held. Tem
pleton confirmed as secretary of
state aiid Ball as assistant attor
ney general.
House Mr. Loe asked that
his bill to provide for building
capitol be transferred to judicia
ry committee.
By Mr. Bryan, joint resolu
tion memorializing congress to
("send a comm'ssion to CDuntries
where yellow fever has its habi
tation, to study the same thor
oughly. Passed.
By Stewart, of Houston, Re
quiring the payment of a poll
tax as a condition precedent to
voting.
The usual number of bills and
resolutions were offered.
Senate, Jan. 2. The num
ber of newspapers to be taken
by the senate was discussed at
some length sxid finally allowed
to remain as it was.
Resolution by Mr. Motley
that officers, chaplain and clerks
of the senate receive J55 per
day. Adopted.
Mi Hobby was elected pres
ident pro tern, of the senate.
The senate went into execu
tive session. No final action.
House . The spcaKcr an
nounced special committee to
visit penitentiaries: Baker, chair
man; Coleman, and Stewart, of
Delta.
Petition from citizens of
Grimes requiring payment o
poll tax before voting.
A large number of bills and
resolutions were referred.
Mr. Clemens: To render
more efficient the school law.
Mr. Jones, of Hunt: Amend
ing penal code, fixing death or
penitentiary for life for arson.
Also bill making highway
robbery a capital offense.
Mr. McComb: Amending
election law so as to require
plain white tickets without pic
tures or devices, and that they
be written or printed with black
ink.
Mr. Upton: To amend law
carrying concealed weapons.
It increases the penalty "200
fine, and provides that informers
shall receive half tlie fine.
Senate Jan. 25, Resolutions
appointing a'committee of three,
who shall have power to bring
persons before it for the purpose
of inquiring into the publication
of certain matters in the Galves
ton, News, adopted.
A number of committee re
ports were received and bills
and resolutions introduced.
In executive ' session J. B
Jones was confirmed as adju
tant general and V. O. King as
commissioner of insurance, etc.
. House. The speaker an
nounced a special committee on
code of criminal procedure.
A large batch of new bills
were introduced. '
The silver question was dis
cussed at considerable length.
The committee on bill author
izing counties to impose tax to
pay debts for building court
houses, etc.reported adversely.
Report adopted.
The bill repealing tlie dog tax
was discussed and will probably
pass.
A petition is in circulation
in Galveston to the legislature
to nullify all granted charter
rights and making provisions
for the election of a board of
commissioners who shall wind
up tlie affairs ofjthe city and
limiting their power to levy and
collect a tax of not over 3-4 of
one per cent, for all purposes
A general fight took place
in the edge of Collin county be
tween a party of Lay. rencc coun
ty emigrants. About forty
shots were fired and four or fivci
men and a woman wounded.
The party, at the conclusion of
the battle, went over into Den
ton county to avoid arrest .
At Bonham a few days
ago a party of expert burglars
robbed three dwelling houses
of clothing, provisions, jewelry
and money.
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STATE rEWS.
co's public schools arc
condition.
Tppcd 40947
is season.
cr, one ot
oftheSanH
SorftHp ago Co.ooo
young salmoiT were fumed loose
in the river at Jefferson.
Waco was blest w ith a
sunset of almost celestial bcau--ty,
so says the Examiner.
Pneumonia is proving quite
fatal in Houston; the latest vic
tim was Jlxs. John T. Brad.
John Smith was arrested
and jailed at Hearnc. He is
charged4vithsStcaling cattle.
Houston's new police force
will beumformed. City prison
ers will be put to work on the
street1?.
W. A. Ellis, who is under
indictment for swindling at Dal
las, has been arrested in "New
York. The Jefferson Jimp boasts
that the'mud is now deeper on
the streets than at any time be
fore this w inter.
San Saba has a" grist mill
which when put to its utmost
capacity, grinds nine bushels of
corn in a day.
Farming operations arc
backvvard Ip Fayette county; in
some portions but little plowing
has been done.
Fort Bend couVity is ship
ping wood to Galveston; 13 car
loads came in by the Santa Fc
road on Thursday.
Houston's, fire horses are
happy; arrangements have been
made to procure forage for
them for thirty days. .
In Huntsville there are
several men who arc trying to
make fortunes by sunning them
selves on the street-corners.
A family of five persons
named Becker, are seriously ill
with trichinae, in San Antonio.
They ate pork partially cooked'.
Burglars, probably novices
in the business, entered Alex
ander's store in LaGrange, and
made an ineffectual attempt to
open his safe.
A citizens meeting was
held in Honston; committees
were appointed and an earnest
effort will be made to "'improve
the streets.
W. R. King, who was shot
at Bryan, by an ex-policeman a
day or two ago, is dead The
shootist is in the county jail.
Excitement high.
Tom Thaxton, informs the
San Saba News that 165 wild
turkeys came to his ranch on the
Brady and it was hard to drive
them off the premises.
Wonder if there is any
lunatics in San Saba county.
The San Saba Nezas publishes a
two column communication un
der the caption of "The Moon."
Dallas is beset by impu
dent and hungry tramps. They
go to houses when the men are
away from home and insult wo
men if not furnished with food.
Julius Toettel, the "man
who murdered a saloon keeper
in Denison, has been arrested
and committed to jail in Sher
man to await tlie action of the
grand jury.
The current expense of
Walker county for 1S7S were
$4672.04. The cost of keep
ing prisoners was S462.45; of
supporting paupers 5768.30; jur
ors S1S0593-
The credit of the city of
Houston is at so low an ebb that
the council can not buy "a few
bales of hay and sacks of oats
to feed the horses belonging to
the fire department.
The HuntsvillcY.;. says
Wes Hardin is slowly recover
ing from his 39iashcs, adminis
tered a few weeks back. He
says odd numbers have lost
their charms for him.
A porpoise was killed in
tlie bayou at Houston on Thurs
day. It measured S feet in
length and weighed 3S4 pounds.
It is seldom that a porpoise gets
so high up the bayou.
J. Nevins' dry goods and
F. Ledricks' furniture stores at
Denison were burned on Satur
day morning. Several lav and
insurance offices were more or
less damaged. Loss about J20,-OOQ
Aai
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:sU'WontM
At a horse race at Arling'
ton, Dallas county, two young'
mcn? Wiliiams and Johnson,
settled a quarrel with pistols.
Williams- .vas- scrious'y woun
ded. .
A genuine South -Vmeri-can
armadillo was captured by
an Atascosa county farmer and
taken to San Antonio. How
the armadillo got -so far from its
n.tive country is not explained.
Dallas is soon to have a
municipal election, It is to be a
scrub race. Two candidates
for maypr have already entered
it is supposed there will be
five entries before the start
Denison had a mad dog
excitement last week; a little
boy about two years old was
bitten by a little dog, which af
terwards had fits and those ver
sed in "dogolgy" pronounced it
mad.
In the Quisenbury case, 3t
Palestine, the jury, after twelve
hours deliberation, returned a
verdict of not guilty. The oth
er defendants in the Grayson
case will have a hearing upon
habeas corpus.
Judge Williams is a color
ed gentleman who lives in Hous
ton; he makes a living by stealr
ing chickens. The Telegram
says it is presumed he obtained
his title by his ability to "judge"
chickens.
According to the Item, a
full-blooded cock-pit is in blast
in that moral and model little
city. It says tlie sport is excit
ing and the fowl delights in it
as much as the spectator. No
doubt the Item man was "thar."
The Dallas grand jury af
ter a two months setting has
adjourned. It found over two
hundred bills of indictment,
mostly for misdemeanors; all of
which goes to how that Dallas
county is very moral.
Houston's new mayor pro
poses inflicting exemplary finesji
he thinks that offenders should
be punished and in order to do
this he makes his fines heavy.
It seems that heretofore the
costs have been the main ob
ject. There arc in Texas "966,
977 horses and mules, valued at
520,242,896; 3.263,373 cattle, at'
$18,048,5290 jiickYand jennies,
at 178,816; 2,227,839 sheep, at
$2,829,104:223417 goats, at
5161,134; and 1,286,033 hogs,
52,257,002. Total. S54,7I7.9I5-
Henry Bell, a horse -speculator,
is now. in the Sherman
jail. He got there by selling a
pony that he did'nt own; he is
also charged with having stolen
some twenty other horses, in
fact he has been doing a very
profitable business in his spe
cialty. In Waco he police cap
tured a festive crowd of Bacch
annalians There was only
three of them, yet four immense;
revolvers were found in their
possession. The ncn were
strangers from the -vicinity of
Mexia and w ere simply "doing"
the town.
In the recorder's court at
Waco the other day three men
were fined; one paid costs, an
other trimmings and the third
perquisites. These three things,
costs, trimmings and perquisites
render the life of city recor
ders, mayors and police court
justices tolerable; without them
life would be a bore.
Many farmers ih McLen
nan county haveyct cotton and
grain to bring to market Farm
ersNn all tlie adjoining counties
speakcheeringly of the wheat
andoat prospect and siy that live
stock of all kinds is in good
condition.
At Bryan at difficulty oc
curred between W. R. King, a
prominent lumber dealer and
Solon Randle, an ex.-policeman.
Eight or ten shots passed.
King vas mortally wounded;
Randle received a flesh wound
in the hip.
The Galveston Nczos of
the 24th reports tlie sudden
death of Mr. A. Robira. of the
firm of Preston & Robira, drag
gists of Galveston. Mr. R. had
been unwell for several days
and had been taking narcotics..
He took an ordinary dose of
chloral and morphine and went
up stairs in his store leaving in
structionsto be called at I p.sr.
At that hour he was called, Jjat
all attemots to roiisehim'failedj
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Turaaty Impolite Tblsfjs- ':
I Loud and jjoistcreps iaugh-
Z Reading when s others. a?fc
talking. - - "
3 Talking when othersf-ai
reading-.
4 Cutting fingcr-nails'iivconi-j.''
pany. - '
5 Joking 'others in company..
6 Gazing-rudcly at-strangers. -
7 Making yourself- hero of
your own story.
S Laughing at others inffiSe"
they arc .singing.
9 Reading aloud in company
without being asked.
io Spitting about theyhotiSfci
smftkino- nr rftowitMr:
ir Leaving church Seft
worship isxcicsed. - -
12 "Whispering or lauffMraJ
tfae house of God.. - 'S
13 A want- "of ,. respect and
reverence, for seniors; h S , -
14 Correcting oWer gefsons .
than yourself especially parents. -43
1 5- Receiving a-pegeaJfrimS-outan..e.-pression
ofgritude
16 Not listening towhat one
is saying in company.," ;
17 Commcncingi'tio eit -as
soon as you get"toftnelable.
'"iS Answering'quesiioBS that
have been put to oiifws '
19 CommenckigSsAaig. be
fore others haret firifelicd' spcaile
ing. 20 Laughing at the mistakes
of others.
Howto Cook: a -Hbsbaub.
The first thing forSe dbae.is to
catch him. Haywgtfrtie so, the "
mode of coSking-.&m so as6'
make.a good dish-iSfasibBows:
Many good htusblbK& aye'spouV
ed in cooking. &mie&,women
keep them constandj in hot
waterwhil-othcrsj&eeacthem
with coniugal 'coRIness: some
.smother them -with Aattred and
contention, and soil others keep
them in a pickle all their lives
These women ahrajrs serve
them up wth toagneV sauce.
Now; it lis not sngposed that
husbands will be tender 'and
good if treated" rn this way, en
tlirr contrary they are-very deli
cious when managed as fallows;
Get -a large jar, called the jar
of carefulness (which all good
housewives havcon hand), place
your husband,in it and set hin
near the fire of conjugal lovc,
let fie fire be- pretty' iw, espe
cially let it be clear; cover him
over with affection and subjec
tion; garnish nim with the spice
of pleasantry, and ifVyu add
kisses-and other confections, let
jtliem be accompanied with a
suinclent, portion til secrecy,
mixed withprudence and mod
eration. .
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LcroisiANA.saysGeiteralG. T
Beaufeeard, -can -take- care oC
herself if shels let akHWand is
not misrepresented. S. wilt
get along all riglit ifAe. fe not
bored by constant visits of con
gressional committees,, - who
want to poke their noses into
every little disturbance that
turns up.
Fop.along rfmctfae raisings i
of tobacco has been" prtfaited,
in. Great Britain imsrier to
enable the gqvernraeatrt real
ize thegreatest amount offeven
uc from it It is nowpciosed
to allow it to be enfeiaied in
order to give; emptejanenl Lto
the-people who arc ontof w&rk,
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The: Misspuri4T'taie lunatic
asylum near St. Jbe;has?been c
burned. The patients Wdre3'
moved. The building cost
5190,000, but as thejJegfelatttr ,
has refused to make an appro-
priation for assurance, it is to
tal loss. ' - -
Ttrr RtytrvttAM
been enlarged toa mncfBiinna
paper. It is? now- o'njrbf the.
largest and most nSffejfe
interior weeklies. THMBgrat-
ulate brother Ka
ident prosper! fe
carder.
It is reported that the Lottp
iana Lottery company Iiheed
the Packard govenimeflt'tog-.,
over to the Nicholslegislature,
The Potter committee iviUL--vestigate-the
matter, ,fC "
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